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Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

It's a well-known rule that a proper young lady should never steal into the house of a notorious marquess and demand a passionate kiss. But to romance this rake, Lady Calpurnia Hartwell will break all the rules.

Coming April 2010 from Avon Books!

Preorder Nine Rules to Break... now from Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble or from your local indie!

The Season

Alexandra Stafford and her two closest friends, Vivi and Ella, weren't much looking forward to the London Season of 1815...but, between dress fittings, glittering balls, a murder that only they can solve, and the little fact that Alex's heart is very much in danger of being stolen...this is one season that is shaping up to be unforgettable!

Order The Season now from Amazon or from your local indie!

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April 5, 2010, 7:00pm
Sarah Reads at Lady Jane's Salon!
Her first public reading from Nine Rules to Break...
Monday, March 2, 2009

Publishers Weekly! And Happy Author Giveaway!

Ok...so I SWEAR I won't do this often...but when you wake up on a miserable, snowy, grey Monday when the last thing you want to do is drag yourself to work...and an email from the lovely and talented Saundra Mitchell is in your inbox containing the long-awaited Publishers Weekly review of The Season...AND it has the greatest compliment you could ever ask for in it...you can't help but squee.

And immediately post it to your blog.

So...forgive me for the momentary bragging, but...Oh. Em. Gee.
"Clever conversation in the spirit of Jane Austen makes this quite a page turner."
Oh. Em. Gee.

That's about my book. And it references Aunt Jane. Are you KIDDING me, PW?!?!

Ahem. By which I mean to say, of course, "Thank you. Very much."

Ok...I was raised never to have a great day without paying it forward...so here we go with our first Happy Author giveaway! In comments, tell me the one thing you love about historical fiction...Regency or otherwise, and I'll enter you in a drawing to win a The Season Wordle Journal! Contest is open through Friday!

Tell your friends!

xoxo

Labels: aunt jane, contests and giveaways, hot off the press, spot the season

posted by Sarah MacLean at 10:22 AM

17 Comments:

Blogger Justina said...

Congrats!!!

March 2, 2009 11:00 AM  
Blogger Brooke Reviews said...

That's awesome congrats! :)

I think it's the language for me. It's more romantic then current.

March 2, 2009 11:39 AM  
Anonymous Dara said...

Historical fiction combines my love for history by letting me immerse myself in another time and place. It's an alternative to an actual time machine, without the danger of warping the time-space continuum :)

And congrats on such a great review :)

March 2, 2009 12:14 PM  
OpenID anderyn said...

Congratulations, indeed.

What do I love about historical fiction? So many things, but the feeling of being somewhere else, where things are slower-paced and life isn't as stressful (hey, it's fiction!), has got to be one good reason.

March 2, 2009 1:07 PM  
Blogger FitToSeeJane said...

For me I think it's the manners. People acted polite and courteous, and yet there are undercurrents of meaning. I like it.
Congratualtions on the great review!

March 2, 2009 2:28 PM  
Blogger mindy said...

i like that it transcends me into a different time thanks for the giveaway

March 2, 2009 3:48 PM  
Blogger Polo.Pony said...

Congratulations! I so agree, your books is absolutely amazing!

I love regeneracy fiction. So many different reasons! I love the way they talk, the proper way they live, the way that they aren't slobby. I just love it!

Thank you for the wonderful contest!

March 2, 2009 3:54 PM  
Blogger Katie said...

Congratulations!
I like knowing that people really used to live like that and things that happen in historical fiction books probably really did happen somewhere sometime.

March 2, 2009 5:14 PM  
Blogger Lady Roxi said...

Love to have this. I really enjoy reading about other times. The knowledge I learn has been amazing.

Thanks,

darkfyre1(at)gmail(dot)com

March 2, 2009 5:40 PM  
Blogger Paradox said...

Historical fiction allows history to really come alive, to seem real. It really gets you to think rather than just seeing it as a bunch of dates and names.

paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) com

March 2, 2009 7:23 PM  
Blogger scottsgal said...

It takes me to a place I'll never get to experience.

msboatgal at aol dot com

March 2, 2009 7:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Congrats! :)

Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres ... you learn amazing facts. Historical fiction also makes me thankful for electrity. Many died from cold winter days, now we have heaters and everything.

Cool contest! Please enter me.

+BookBegger
lyzziebit(at)yahoo(dot)com

March 2, 2009 8:22 PM  
Blogger Genevieve said...

Congrats!

I love historical fiction because it lets me pretend like I'm the characters and imagine what it would be to live in their life/time period. And then regency is always good. Especially when we have books like the wonderful Jane Austen's that were written and set in the time. Then we know that the books have more historical accuracy than some other books.

caprubia(at)gmail(dot)com

March 2, 2009 8:29 PM  
Blogger Erika Lynn said...

Congrats on the amazing review, i really can't wait to read your book!
I love that with historical fiction you can learn a lot about the time periods, clothes, customs, food while still being immersed in a great story. it is fabulous!

March 2, 2009 8:49 PM  
Blogger techyone said...

I like to learn about different time periods and its just relaxing to sit back with a historic. Somehow the language of the times is soothing.

March 2, 2009 10:12 PM  
Blogger Speed Reader said...

Congrats! That's awesome! I whole-heartedly agree with every word from PW!

March 3, 2009 9:49 AM  
Blogger deltay said...

Congratulations, that's so awesome!

I think I really like the way they talk in historical ficiton. There's just something so elegant and eloquent about the diction choice and phrasing, so proper and beautiful. And of course, the descriptions of the clothes and rooms/interior decoration is wonderful.

March 4, 2009 5:58 PM  

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