In my new novel, THE LOST PERFUMES OF PARIS, my main character, Élodie, dreams of becoming a perfumer as successful as her legendary mother.
To gain insight into Élodie’s creative process, naturally I had to take a perfume-making course myself. The first one I went to was with two of my closest girlfriends and we had a delightful morning, trying … Read more »
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For all of the historical fiction lovers out there! We had a wonderful time discussing our upcoming books, our love of history, and the writing life. Madeline Martin told us the spine-tingling background to A TIME OF WITCHES, which has been percolating in the back of her mind for 25 years! Katherine Reay shared the intriguing background to her Cold … Read more »
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I am very excited to see the response from readers already as THE PARIS GOWN hits the shelves in North America! I hope that if you do see a copy of the book in a store you will tag me in a “shelfie”!
THE PARIS GOWN is my heartfelt tribute to the power of female friendship, to women who stand … Read more »
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I’m very excited to share with you the story of Cleo Davenport, who grows up in the luxurious Shepheard’s Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, and comes to believe she is the secret love child of Edward VIII–the product of his World War I affair with a scandalous French courtesan, Marguerite Meller.
Here is what The Washington Post had to say:
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I hope you enjoy reading the story of the real Miss Moneypenny as much as I enjoyed writing it! Purchase your copy here.
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I’m so thrilled to introduce my October book, ONE WOMAN’S WAR, A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny, which is now up for pre-order. This was such a fun story. I hope you love reading it as much as I loved writing it!
To read an excerpt, please follow this link. A little about the book:
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Fabulous author, Rachael Johns and I have been friends for many years now, so I was delighted when my publisher suggested that we get together to celebrate the launch of my new novel, SISTERS OF THE RESISTANCE. You can watch our chat here:
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**Warning—this post contains spoilers for SISTERS OF THE RESISTANCE**
When I first learned about Catherine Dior’s role in the French resistance, I was sitting on a train, scrolling through Twitter. A tweet with a link to an old article on Jezebel.com came up and I froze. Christian Dior’s sister was involved in the French resistance? How had I never … Read more »
Kelly Rimmer is one of the greatest writers I know, as well as being one of the most delightful people I know, so I was thrilled and honoured when she offered to interview me about SISTERS OF THE RESISTANCE to launch the book into the world.
We talked about the story behind the book, the bravery and sacrifice of Catherine … Read more »
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