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mustache. Or maybe it's the casually feathered-back hair that's enticing her.
Wait a minute. Check this guy out. The ladies love him! He's got SUPERMISTLETOE. Or, maybe he has a box of high quality chocolates in his pocket. :)
Here's a guy who hopes to win this lady over with a Pepsi. I see his friends are waiting for him to fail. There may even be a betting pool.
He should have gotten her Evening In Paris! (Isn't this a gorgeous ad?)
Oh dear. Here's a harried father. The kids wore him out, I guess. Or wait, maybe he's slumped over like that because...
This is what he got his wife for Christmas and...
...now he's afraid she'll use his other gift to hide his dead body!
Well, whatever you plan to do for the holidays, whether it's flying off on vacation,
or traveling by train to visit family or friends,
riding around in your car looking at holiday decorations,
or just hanging out in front of the television,
trying to catch a glimpse of Santa,
Have a very Merry Christmas!!!
I'll be home with family, cooking and eating, but there's one thing that won't be far from my mind...
My writing. Speaking of which, the holiday 99cents Kindle special for IT'S A MOD, MOD, MOD, MOD MURDER will only run through New Year's, so download your copy now. http://www.amazon.com/Its-Murder--Go-Go-M
And here, have a cookie before you go! I baked them myself with real butter. It's the holidays, after all, and we're all required to gain at least five pounds.
Love,
Rosemary
- Location:Blue Ridge Mountains
- Mood:
cheerful
Here are the new covers. Oh, and to celebrate, I've dropped the price on IT'S A MOD, MOD, MOD, MOD MURDER to 99cents on Kindle!
Here's the link to purchase: http://www.amazon.com/Its-Murder--Go-Go-M
Rosemary
- Location:Blue Ridge Mountains
- Mood: cheerful
Let's go back to the 1960s with--you guessed it--some vintage ads! And if you're looking for a fun read set across Manhattan from the offices of Mad Men, check out my Murder-A-Go-Go mystery series starring roommates and partners in sleuthing, stewardess Darlene Roland, and secretary to oh-so-dreamy Mr. Williams, Elizabeth "Bebe" Bennett. The books are now available on Kindle here: http://www.amazon.com/Its-Murder--Go-Go-M
Bebe tries Fizzies at the 1964 World's Fair in NYC in Twist and Shout Murder.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Love,
Rosemary
- Location:Blue Ridge Mountains
- Mood: cheerful
- Music:The cackles of witches, chains rattling, and ghosts laughing in the night.
Snow began falling a little after 6pm last night and continued until a little after 11am. The power was out for around three hours this morning. I can always count on you, Dominion Virginia Power! *shakes fist*
The snow is melting this afternoon, but this morning was perfect for curling up in bed with a book and a cat. Annabel is a Los Angeles kitty. She was fascinated by the snow, but not so much by how chilly it got in the house.
Here are some pics.
Rosemary
- Location:Blue Ridge Mountains
- Mood: calm
Hello! I've been busy moving and have neglected my journal. Yes, because all my family are now in Virginia, I've left my beloved Los Angeles and moved back east.
I found a great 1960s house to rent up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I've decorated the living room, kitchen, and dining room 1960s-style. Betty Draper would approve of my knotty pine kitchen and dining room. My office holds my Regency England paintings, maps, and treasures I picked up on my trips to London. The bedrooms are contemporary. The one commonality between all the rooms is that each contains lots of books!
I'm looking forward to a colorful autumn and hope you are too.
Love,
Rosemary
- Location:Blue Ridge Mountains
- Mood: chipper
- Music:birds chirping
LORD AND MASTER is a traditional Regency romance I wrote back in the late 1990s and the third in the Cat of Mayfair series. You might be raising an eyebrow at the title. What is this, you ask, a bondage Regency? Ahem, no.
After I'd turned in the manuscript for MISS PYMBROKE'S RULES, my new editor called and asked what the next book would be about. I told her the story would have some New Age elements in it involving two servants. Silence on the other end of the phone. I explained that the reader would either understand my (intentionally irreverent) take on these metaphysical qualities, or they would simply think the secondary characters were mad as March hares. Silence on the other end of the line. But the story would be a traditional Regency romance. Ah, she said, I can't wait to read it.
Thanks to the ever-fabulous folks at Regency Reads, www.regencyreads.com the story is now available again after being out of print for over a decade. You can read an excerpt here: www.regencyreads.com/bookstore/excerpts/l
LORD AND MASTER is actually a double love story. The primary one being between the hero and heroine, naturally. The two meet at the famous Astley's Royal Amphitheatre where a low person is parading around what he asks the crowd to believe is the "World's Smallest Tiger." Miss Daphne Kendall, infuriated at the mistreatment of a lovely cat, rushes to save the poor creature. Her odious companion, Miss Oakswine, does not approve, but Daphne is not to be deterred. Lord Ravenswood, a man determined never to let any woman influence him beyond common sense, sets eyes on Daphne and demands the "tiger's" owner turn the cat over to him, offering a hefty sum in exchange. Once the cat's new owner, his lordship tries to make a gift of the feline to Daphne, but is reminded at once by the animal-hating Miss Oakswine that such an expensive gift would be most improper.
Thus, the relationship begins and is intensified by a tangled maze of sinister doings.
Daphne has no idea what her Fatal Flaw, as she calls it, is that drives the gentlemen away.
Lord Ravenswood is doing the Season in hopes of finding a quiet, biddable female to make his wife. Intelligent, vibrant, determined Miss Daphne Kendall certainly does not match his requirements.
But the two have not counted on Daphne's new companion, Miss Shelby who has "visions" nor Eugene, Lord Ravenswood's manservant brought back from his time in Egypt who, one might say, serves two masters, not to mention the cat, Mihos, to show them the way to true love.
LORD AND MASTER, like all my traditional Regency romances, is more of a romp than a deeply emotional love story.
LORD AND MASTER is appropriate for ages 12 and up.
Happy Reading!
Rosemary
- Location:Los Angeles
- Mood: cheerful
I distinctly remember when I got "The Call" from Barbara Dicks who was Fawcett's Regency romance editor. Barbara bought my first Regency romance, A CRIME OF MANNERS, and then she asked me if I had another book ready. Despite being rather shell-shocked during the call, I was able to tell her that I did indeed have another book in the works. That book was MISS PYMBROKE'S RULES, the second in my Cats of Mayfair series.
I'm pleased to announce that after being out of print for over a decade, the story is available once again through the terrific people at Belgrave House/Regency Reads. www.regencyreads.com I continue to be amazed at the high quality of their work, especially the lovely covers. You can read an excerpt here: www.regencyreads.com/bookstore/excerpts/m
MISS PYMBROKE'S RULES features one of my favorite character types: the two bickering sisters of a Certain Age. Lady Iris and Lady Hyacinth live next door to beautiful, but extremely proper, Miss Verity Pymbroke. Verity finds herself having to economize. Helpful (and matchmaking) Lady Iris has the perfect solution. She suggests that Verity lease her townhouse for the Season and come live with the sisters. Verity agrees, but expounds upon the rules of who she will accept as a suitable tenant.
Now Lady Iris knows full well that her cousin's grandson, Lord Carrisworth, is a bit of a well...rapscallion. He's known for his wild parties, you see, and then there's the bit about keeping twin girls as his mistresses (or does he?). Lady Iris wants Carrisworth to rent Verity's townhouse and thus throw the two together. But how is she to accomplish this when his lordship has a very fine house in Town of his own?
There's no need for Lady Iris to worry. Her cat, Empress, promptly takes matters into her own delicate paws.
MISS PYMBROKE'S RULES is appropriate for ages 12 and up.
Happy Reading!
Rosemary
- Location:Los Angeles
- Mood: cheerful
A CRIME OF MANNERS is now available as an ebook exclusively from the fabulous people at www.regencyreads.com You can read a excerpt at www.regencyreads.com/bookstore/excerpts/a
First published by Fawcett, a division of Random House, in 1996.
I'll tell you right now that if you're looking for a deeply emotional love story, this isn't it! My traditional Regencies were all a mix of the romp and a sweet love story.
For example, in A CRIME OF MANNERS, an African Grey Parrot sets the story in motion. Sir Polly Grey, an excellent mimic belonged to the 7th Duke of Winterton, now deceased. The old duke taught Sir Polly words he wanted ingrained in his son's brain. Then he made it a part of his will that his son house the bird. Thus, our hero, Giles Vayne, the 8th Duke of Winterton wakes up in the mornings and goes to bed at night to the sound of his late father's voice demanding he marry a "suitable girl."
Then there's the well-meaning but meddlesome cat, Knight In Masked Armor, who belongs to sweet but scatterbrained Lady Fuddlesby. Her ladyship is charged with bringing out her niece, our heroine Henrietta Lanford. Henrietta's parents, Squire and Mrs. Lanford, can't be bothered to escort their daughter to London for a a Season as they are horse-mad and have three mares ready to foal. Priorities!
So off to London our heroine goes, an innocent country girl. A Squire's daughter is hardly suitable for a duke's bride. Right?
A CRIME OF MANNERS is appropriate for ages 12 and up.
Happy Reading!
Rosemary
- Location:Los Angeles
- Mood: cheerful
There's no way to avoid those extra pounds unless you take drastic measures...
Might as well relax and enjoy yourself! Eat candy from a tree...
How about the traditional Christmas Jello mold?
Cookies!
Santa might bring you that Corvette you've had your eye on...
If not, have a Coke, it'll make you feel better...
Who am I kidding? There's only one way to get through the holidays. Put on some Christmas music and...
Cheers!
Here's a special Christmas message from The Beatles. Merry Christmas!
- Location:Los Angeles
- Mood: cheerful
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