Jan 17, 2011
And I’m late even with that, unless January has 34 days. Things have been busy in Robinsonworld. My husband’s health continues to improve and I’m out and about promoting Mistress by Midnight. Tomorrow I’ll be at Treatment Center Maryland giving away a hardcover copy, just as I am on this site’s monthly contest. Selling rights to the book clubs means hardcover copies are printed, which was so exciting for me that I joined the Rhapsody Book Club and ordered my own books, LOL. You can see how they advertised MbM in their catalog…my family will probably put “The clock chimes for lust” on my gravestone.
In other news, I can almost see the light at the end of Ben & Evie’s tunnel, about 10,000 to go for their HEA. I haven’t shared much about my current WIP, and it’s time to change all that. Here, without further ado, is how Baron Benton Craig lays eyes on his old sweetheart and current nemesis, Evangeline Ramsey:
Ben left his mother to her gossip and speculation. Braving the best knife sharpener and Cook’s opprobrium, he snagged an extra scone and her copy of the newssheet. Over his crumbs he found the offices of the paper buried between advertisements for the improvement of manly vigor and custom reupholstery.
R. Ramsey, Publisher. An odd coincidence that the bane of his existence shared the surname of his lost and unlamented love.
He had nothing better to do today but defend his honor and demand satisfaction or retraction. He was not going to sit in his club and endure the jibes of his so-called friends as they reminded him that he was the number one topic of conversation in the ton. Bad enough Severson gave him a gimlet eye as he assisted Ben with his coat against the raw December wind.
It would do him good to walk the distance to the newspaper’s office. Work up his umbrage and indignation. His calves would get exercise too. Ben wouldn’t let a few nights of dissipation wreck his carefully-crafted body. It was damned hard to stay fit in Town, but Ben did by fencing regularly at a private salle d’armes. Using his fists was far too reminiscent of his father’s proclivities, so he left Gentleman Jackson’s to others.
In a matter of half an hour, he had traversed quite a bit of fashionable London and stood before the impeccably scrubbed front window of The London List. He could see clear to the back of the rear brick office wall and the hulking black printing press which would be idle for the rest of the week. A young gentleman, his black hair cropped brutally short, shirtsleeves rolled up and jacket discarded, appeared to be tinkering with the source of Ben’s choler. If the infernal machine was broken, that would save him the trouble of smashing it himself.
No. Ben had other methods of persuasion. He would make the fellow or his employer if he had one an offer no sensible person could refuse.
Ben startled at the tinkle of bells over the door as he entered. The printer turned abruptly to him, his welcoming smile quickly draining away, looking ready to faint onto the wide pine floorboards.
By God and the saints and all that was holy. The young gentleman was no gentleman. Ben felt light-headed himself as he stared into Evangeline Ramsey’s parchment-pale face.
Jan 9, 2011
Happy 2011! And it is. My husband is recovering slowly but surely from major surgery. I’ve spent the past five days at the hospital/in a nearby hotel and have missed Romancelandia, but I’m sure Romancelandia’s gotten along just fine without me. 😉 If all goes well, he’ll be released later this week. Please keep your fingers and toes crossed.
I’m still giving away books for the next THREE months–please see the News page for details. Tomorrow I’ll be at Romance Bandits, and Tuesday I’ll be at Seductive Musings. Thanks so much to SM’s Carrie Divine for designing this lovely Any Wicked Thing ad!
Earlier this month Mistress by Mistake was #1 on Amazon’s Free Kindle list for several days. Free or not, it was a delightful surprise to be #1 at anything. I’m still smarting from being second-runner-up for my college’s May Queen, LOL. Seriously, thanks to all of you who downloaded and hopefully enjoyed the book! And just for fun, me in my not-quite-May Queen days–a whole lot blonder and thinner!
Dec 31, 2010
Mistress by Mistake is available FREE again in the Kindle Store!
Click here to download. So many mistresses, so little time!
And time’s up! 1/4/11 No more freeness. 🙁
Have a fabulous, safe New Year’s Eve and a happy 2011!
Dec 28, 2010
Celebrating release day for Mistress by Midnight today! This is actually the fourth book release day I’ve had this year, which is kind of mind-boggling. Check the news page for giveaways this month and next.
I think this will be my last blog for 2010, unless I get an earth-shatteringly good review. It was four years ago I wrote my very first post on December 31. A whole lot has happened since, and I’m thankful every day, especially for my supportive family. My husband brings me tea every morning as I sit and type. He may not be a Regency lord, but he’s still a hero.
Some random musings on 2010…I have Google Alerts for my books and pen names. I’ve dicovered porn star Traci Lords and Passion Pit this way.
I have the best critique partners ever.
I can laugh when I get a less-than-stellar review. Who can resist when someone says this: This book was hard to finish. Charlotte Fallon is not the sharpest tool in the shed and like the other female characters in the book she is mentally unbalanced. I mean seriously what sane woman snoozes through the best sex in her life, steals Mr. Studs valuable artwork, and smashes an entire bedroom of cupid statues against against the garden wall? If I were Bayard I would have taken her on safari to Africa and had her shoot [sic] with an elephant tranquilizer dart.
What have you learned this year?
P.S. First release day sighting “in the wild” from Nikki Brandyberry! Nikki worked hard to get the Borders clerk to dig around in the back to find the book. Yay!
Dec 22, 2010
An early Christmas present!
“Deliciously wicked, MISTRESS BY MIDNIGHT, the second book in THE COURTESAN COURT trilogy, is a tantalizing historical romance that I found hard to put down. But then I seem to have that same problem with every book I have read by exceptionally gifted author Maggie Robinson. Beautifully imbued with humor, exciting plots, surprising plot twists, charismatic characters, believable, snappy repartee, enticingly sensual love scenes and plenty of romance, this story is unforgettable. Anyone looking for a terrific read should get their own copy of MISTRESS BY MIDNIGHT. You won’t regret it! If you enjoy this story, you will definitely want to read the first book in this series, MISTRESS BY MISTAKE.”
And I’m late even with that, unless January has 34 days. Things have been busy in Robinsonworld. My husband’s health continues to improve and I’m out and about promoting Mistress by Midnight. Tomorrow I’ll be at Treatment Center Maryland giving away a hardcover copy, just as I am on this site’s monthly contest. Selling rights to the book clubs means hardcover copies are printed, which was so exciting for me that I joined the Rhapsody Book Club and ordered my own books, LOL. You can see how they advertised MbM in their catalog…my family will probably put “The clock chimes for lust” on my gravestone.
