I'm so excited to share that the rights to my second novel, The Bungalow, sold today to Heyne Verlag, my publisher in Germany (a division of Random House). Heyne is printing the German version of The Violets of March (click here to see the gorgeous

UPDATE: My early giveaway copies have been spoken for! Wowza--those went fast. But, I just got a hold of 10 more. So, the offer still stands: Pre-order a book between NOW and the week of April 26 and I'll send a copy to the friend

Aren't these photos gorgeous?! The lovely Tiffany over at Dancing Branflakes posted them in a review of my novel recently. I was so flattered by all the kind things she had to say. And I flipped out over these beautiful photos (and I need to

In the weeks leading up to the debut of my novel, The Violets of March, lots of news is coming in---reviews, sales info, book sightings, and publicity tidbits (stay tuned for some exciting news in the weeks ahead!!), which has been so much fun. So,

The reviews are starting to pour in for Violets, and I'm nervously holding my breath. This week Publisher's Weekly used words like "lovely" and "pleasant" to describe my story (I'll take that!), and I'm loving the review from RT Book Reviews, which calls the novel