ETA: The blog tour is complete! All links are below.
Tomorrow kicks off my blog tour for True Pretenses! I’m really excited for this one, guys. Follow along for fun discussions, giveaways, &c. This post will be updated with links as guest posts go live.
1/6/15 – Smexy Books – Interview with Mandi about writing a shleppy hero, cross-class and cross-cultural romance, and more.
1/7 – History Hoydens – Unveiling the academic cover for True Pretenses and taking requests from commenters.
1/8 – Happy Ever After – Zoe Archer, Elizabeth Boyle, Louisa Edwards and I share our favorite con artist romances of page and screen.
1/9 – Theresa Romain and I did a two-part chat/mutual interview in which we talk about everything from character casting to mall singers to “manflirting” as an aristocratic cultural marker – part 1 at her blog – part 2 at mine.
1/12 – Romance at Random – the inspiration for True Pretenses and the difference between a romance and a tragedy.
1/13 – Heroes & Heartbreakers – con artist myth vs. reality. SPOILER: You CAN con an honest man.
1/14 – Angieville – Q&A – favorite fictional heroes, the word association game, and more.
1/15 – Smitten by Books – my favorite marriage of convenience romances.
1/16 – The Romance Dish – Q&A – conflict, time travel bodyswap, lucky New Year’s foods and more.
1/18 – Risky Regencies – Q&A – research, TV, the etymology of “swindler” and more.
1/19 – All About Romance – anti-Semitism and intermarriage in the Regency.
1/20 – bookworm2bookworm – how romance novels model breaking out of entrenched emotional patterns.