The lovely book buyers at Costco picked The Violets of March as a favorite fiction pick for the month of May, which appeared in the Costco Connection magazine. Major ohmygosh moment over here. I am so flattered, honored, and excited that Costco shoppers will get

Hello everyone! Today is the birthday of my first novel, The Violets of March! I hope you'll have a chance to read it and tell me what you think! Please look for it at your favorite local bookstore or order your copy online! xoxo

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

My darling readers, would you like to win an early copy of my novel, some chocolates to munch on and a gift card to Starbucks for a few lattes on me? Of course you do! Then please head over to my author page on Facebook

I've been distracted with my new baby these past few days, but when I came up for air recently, and took a peek online, I found these exciting posts about The Violets of March. Had to share! *The Barnes & Noble Blog: Lisa Steinke, of Chick

Yes, that would be the most enormous belly on the planet---moi, days, if not moments (wishful thinking?) away from having baby boy #3. Notice, I'm smiling in this picture only because my husband has told me to smile. Not much of a trooper at the