Jun 29, 2010
I’ve been absent but here I am, not that I have much to say at the moment. 🙂 But my Books page has been updated with new covers and I’ll be including excerpts very soon. My current releases seem to be doing okay and I’m fluffing up a new trilogy proposal for my agent.
I’ve started the first book already even though I’m nowhere near the submission stage. I’m antsy when I don’t write, but my time lately has revolved around family and friends. We’ve entertained nearly every weekend since we moved in (very modestly, because my husband is still recovering. He still wants to use his new gas/charcoal/smoker grill every chance he gets, though. It is the size of an aircraft carrier.).
This fourth of July weekend will bring most of the Robinson clan together on the lake—kids, kayaks, beer and Dirty Scrabble… if I’ve unpacked the Scrabble set yet. What is Dirty Scrabble, you ask? Just what it sounds like. Only provocative (and sometimes mis-spelled) words are allowed. I’m hoping to learn something to add to my knowledge of naughtiness.
Have a safe holiday weekend! What are your plans—fireworks, hotdogs, parades? What does your family do for fun when you get together?
Jun 16, 2010
More cover goodness! Here’s the delicious cover and back cover blurb for the December 2010 Brava anthology Lords of Passion. Is it just me, or does the guy look like Rupert Everett, whom I adore even if he might not adore me?
This dazzling new historical collection delivers a trio of heroes who are bold, dashing, and unforgettable in every way…
“Beauty and the Brute” by Virginia Henley
It’s been three years since Lady Sarah Caversham set eyes on arrogant Charles Lennox—the husband her father chose for her to settle a gambling debt. Now Charles has returned, unaware that the innocent ingénue he wed is determined to turn their marriage of convenience into a blissfully passionate affair…
“How to Seduce a Wife” by Kate Pearce
Louisa March’s new husband, Nicholas, is a perfect gentleman in bed—much to her disappointment. She longs for the kind of fevered passion found in her beloved romance novels. But when she dares him to seduce her properly, she discovers that Nicholas is more than ready to meet her challenge, over and over again…
“Not Quite a Courtesan” by Maggie Robinson
Sensible bluestocking Prudence Thorn has been too busy keeping her cousin Sophy out of trouble to experience any adventures of her own. But when Sophy begs Prudence’s help in saving her marriage, Pru encounters handsome, worldly Darius Shaw. And under Darius’s skilled tutelage, Pru learns just how delightful a little scandal can be…
Jun 6, 2010
First, the big: I am absolutely thrilled that NYTimes best-selling author Eloisa James is featuring Mistress by Mistake in her Barnes and Noble column this week. She says, “Mistress by Mistake is a charming, extra-sexy tale.”
I may be older than Eloisa, but I consider her my fairy godmother when it comes to romance. If it were not for her bulletin board (where I’m the guest author this month), I don’t believe I’d have gotten as far as I have. It was there I met my critique partners the Vauxhall Vixens (hi, Ely, Kris and Tiff), the Vanettes, the Pirates, etc. Wonderful writers, but better yet wonderful people. So this is a fabulous, meaningful thing to happen.
Now the beautiful: Margaret Rowe’s Any Wicked Thing cover, out from Berkley Heat in January 2011. There’s Freddie, smiling slyly. If I had Sebastian in my bed, I’d be smiling too. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!
And one last item:congratulations to Jane, who’s won a copy of Margaret Rowe’s Tempting Eden. Please send your address to maggie@maggierobinson.net. Have a wonderful week!
Jun 1, 2010
Today is Tempting Eden’s official release day! I’m filled with both excitement and trepidation. Margaret Rowe’s writing is much darker and more explicit than Maggie’s, but I must say it’s been fun to exercise both sides of my imagination.
Here’s Tempting Eden’s notorious first line: “When he was done, she’d be the greatest whore in all Christendom.” People have asked, “Why did you write about a girl tortured and trained by her stepfather?” All I can say is that the idea took hold of me when I was writing a light, frolicsome (unpublished) book, and I couldn’t shake it. I never had a nasty stepfather (or a nasty father for that matter), I have no personal knowledge of dominance and submission, and I certainly have never hung out in a house of prostitution. But there was Eden, vulnerable and isolated, needing her hero to help her overcome her past and me to tell the story.
Have I scared you off yet? I hope not, for Tempting Eden is an emotional Regency Noir that will “stay with you long after the final page is read.” (~Featured review, The Season) Writing it pushed me past my own comfort zone. I know the book will not appeal to the conventional romance reader, which is why it’s marketed as erotic romance. But if you’d like a chance to win a copy of Tempting Eden and decide its merits for yourself, just leave a comment below. Because I have somewhat run out of ideas, I’m going to plagiarize myself from last month’s Margaret Rowe contest and ask, “What’s your greatest temptation?” I had lots of entries, and most of them involved chocolate in some way. 🙂 I’ll announce the winner–and something else pretty exciting–on Monday, June 7. Get tempted!
(For more chances to win a copy this month, please visit my news page to see my guest blog stops.)
I’ve been absent but here I am, not that I have much to say at the moment. 🙂 But my Books page has been updated with new covers and I’ll be including excerpts very soon. My current releases seem to be doing okay and I’m fluffing up a new trilogy proposal for my agent. 
