Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball, from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Art by John Leech.
This has been an amazing year, seeing a book through production (at last!). Your patience and understanding and your words of encouragement and support keep me inspired and keep me going. These are wonderful gifts. Thank you!
I hope that your holidays, in whatever form they take, are joyous.
Readers have asked how to get signed copies of my books. If you’re unable to attend one of my book events, you might want to get in touch with a bookstore affiliated with it. For instance, Aesop’s Fable in Holliston, Massachusetts, has supplied books for the Ashland Public Library RomCons, and will be at the book celebration tea party on 25 January 2025. They have signed copies of many of my books and will be able to provide signed copies of My Inconvenient Duke (if you preorder and let them know). You can find relevant information here.
Aesop’s isn’t the only bookshop. I recently signed copies of Lord of Scoundrels as well as bookplates at the Book Club Bar in Manhattan and at the Ripped Bodice bookstore in Brooklyn, NY. These are lovely bookshops, and if you’re in the New York area, you might want to drop in. Otherwise, you might want to give them a call for a signed copy or a bookplate.
If I’m invited to sign books elsewhere, I’ll update.
Lord of Scoundrels cover with “Signed by Author” sticker.
It’s been years since I’ve received a print copy of one of my international editions. Apparently, they’re not doing that much anymore. However, my French publisher, J’ai Lu, recently sent me a lovely surprise—updated covers for the first Carsington Brothers book, Miss Wonderful. It’s so interesting to see the different interpretations and styles, and I think J’ai Lu does a beautiful job.
Cover of French edition of “Miss Wonderful”
In this day and age, you would think that with a push of a button a book could be released simultaneously all over the world, in all formats. Annoyingly enough, we are not at that day and age. We’re still dealing with contracts and subsidiary rights, licenses, and a bunch of other things that would bore you witless, were I to attempt explaining—presuming I could explain in any remotely intelligible fashion.
However, in this day and age, it is possible—if one has the right team, working diligently—for the eBook to come out in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand on the same exact day (well, allowing for time zones), as it does in the US and Canada. I’m very happy to report that my absolutely right team has managed the feat. In short, my UK/AU/NZ readers will be able to read My Inconvenient Duke on their e-readers as soon as my US readers do.
It will not have the exact same cover (please see contract, etc note above), as you can see if you compare the cover here with the one on the Books page. But I think the non-US/Canadian version is quite as nicely done, and like the U.S. version, it includes the house, which I’ll talk about in a future blog post.
As to other formats, like audio: Again, please see the note about contracts & rights, etc. When/if we have an audio release for you, I’ll let you know promptly. I’m sorry we don’t have it now, but oh, it’s complicated… Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
