It’s Monday and Texas is lovely today. The sun is shining and the heavy rains that drenched us through the weekend have finally moved on. Everything is green and the grass is damp. The world feels clean and bright. We are beginning a new project. It’s not connected to any of our other worlds. I’ve
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FrInnDay: Augustine
George: Mr. Montgomery, welcome. My name is George Camarine and I will be your interviewer today. Augustine: It’s a pleasure. George: Coffee? Dessert? Augustine: Yes, to both, thank you. The entremet looks delightful. George: Doesn’t it? Raspberry and white chocolate with mascarpone mousse. The chef here is truly heavenly, and apparently a certain someone told
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Friday Talks: Arabella Baylor
Dear readers, welcome to Gertrude Hunt for our Friday edition of Talks with Dina. Today, by popular demand, we have a special guest, Arabella Baylor of House Baylor. Arabella: Thank you for having me. The tea is delicious. Dina: It’s our pleasure. Arabella: Also, the little pastries with the strawberry filling are to die for.
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Ruby Fever Spoilerific Q&A
Hi everyone, Mod R here. House Andrews have heard your pleas and did a chat with nothing *but* spoilers: on Ruby Fever, the potential Arabella books and the latest Innkeeper book. It is uploaded below. Disclaimer 1: Look me in the paragraphs and repeat after me: Plans discussed in the chat can change! Especially around
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The Promised Backstory
During the chat, people asked about Bern and Leon’s backstory. We actually wrote this out before in the fan group, so we promised to post it and here it is. It’s not a nice story, so read at your own risk. Gisella was a terrible mother. After Bern was born, she would drop him off
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House Andrews Answers
Hi everyone, Mod R here. I’m so happy you enjoyed Ruby Fever, and had so much fun with you in the spoiler thread last night! A reminder that I will be asking House Andrews a lot of your questions today at 7 pm Central Time during the Zoom Q&A session hosted by the Blue Willow
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Happy Birthday to Ruby Fever and Discussion Thread
For those of you who haven’t ordered, here are the links one more time for your convenience. A Note to Readers Ruby Fever was an unexpectedly difficult book to write. The pandemic affected us all. Some authors experienced increased productivity. Others authors, like us, felt smothered by it. But the book is finally here. It
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Print Copies of Ruby Fever
Print copies of Ruby Fever have been sighted in the wild. This is a soft release, meaning that the publisher is letting the bookstores put the copies out as soon as they get them. Your best bet are BN and indie stores. We know for a fact that Powells in Oregon will ship copies early.
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The Baylor Compound
You know what I hate? Maps. However, Baylor Compound is complicated so here is a very clumsy map for you. I will try to make a better, top down one, so you can have a bit more clarity. However, I’m working with fantasy software here, so Arabella lives in an orc tower, and Leon lives
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The Bounty
Hi BDH, Mod R here. I have heard you and I am in the same predicament. When do we start the Hidden Legacy reread so we can time it perfectly with the release of Ruby Fever on the 23rd of August? Arabella’s maths test in Wildfire is me right now. I know I will need
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Ruby Fever ARCs up on Netgalley and Edelweiss
Hi BDH, Mod R here. ARCs of RUBY FEVER are up on Netgalley and Edelweiss! Fly, don’t run! There is a massive wave of requests, so likelihood that the “Request” copies will be gone and you’re left with “Wish” status is high. What is Ruby Fever? Ruby Fever is the 6th full length novel in
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Muffins, Trucks, and Deleted Scenes
I meant to post this earlier, but I’m sleep deprived and behind my schedule. Last night Gordon had trouble falling asleep. Normally when that happens, he turns on TV, usually something like Ancient Aliens. We listen to the magic aliens who used a vimana to fly to Antarctica and build secret pyramids, and it puts
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