I have a controversial question for you today, one I’d love you to answer in the comments.
As I’m re-publishing Dracula In Love, I’ve been thinking about how far fiction has come. When I first released this book through Doubleday, readers were divided on how much sex was too much in literary fiction.
Now, we have readers on tiktok ranking the spice level of the books like it’s a badge of honor. The difference between books written just for spice and mine is that the eroticism in my novels is thematic and character driven, not there just for thrills. However, there is still a division in literary fiction.... Read more.
This Halloween, something dark and luscious stirs once more.
Dracula In Love: The Secret History of Mina Harker, the seductive, gothic tale that first ensnared your soul, returns from the grave with a haunting new cover and a new ending, the one that countless readers told me they craved like the vampire craves blood.
It shall be reborn on February 14th, a dark Valentine to you, dear readers. This is the immortal love affair of Mina and the Count as you’ve never known it — deeper, darker, and even more deliciously forbidden.... Read more.
On October 5, my bestselling novel Leonardo’s Swans returned—this time exactly as I always envisioned it, with the lush, painterly imagery the Renaissance deserves.
And yes, cue the trumpets: the sequel is here. Renaissance Rivals continues Isabella d’Este’s story, plunging her into a duel of ambition with the legendary Lucrezia Borgia. It’s a tale of power, intrigue, and rivalry—every bit as sumptuous as Leonardo’s Swans.
This November, I’ll step onto a new stage as Keynote Speaker for the Revitalizing the Conversation: Art, Technology & AI Summit 2025, hosted virtually by Middle Tennessee State University (Nov. 18–19).... Read more.
Meet my grandmother, Frances (top right), and great aunts Josie (center) and Emily (top left), on their way to a Mardi Gras ball, all adorned in their prized Eva Gabor wigs! (Great Uncle Vincent was basically their late in life chauffeur.
These Italian ladies’ food was legend (below, my grandmother’s recipe for stuffed artichokes) and so was their gossip, completely uncensored for my eager young ears. I grew up in their kitchens, hearing their excited chatter about the escapades of the glamorous, scandalous Gabor sisters—their fashions, jewels, romances and (many, many) husbands. Sadly, my ancestresses died not knowing that they were shaping me as a writer.... Read more.
