Today’s release day for my favorite mistress, Caroline Christie. I’ll be all over the place in the next month talking about Mistress by Marriage. Please follow the blog tour on my news page!

And in pretty exciting news, Mistress by Marriage was in the top 100 historical romance books on Amazon Kindle for a while. It’s on sale for only $7.37. The link is here. Thanks so much to everyone who’s already purchased a copy!

My Margaret Rowe Regency Noir debut Tempting Eden is on sale at Amazon for only $6. Quantities are limited.This is a Berkley Heat trade paperback, with one of the most exquisite covers out there. Eden got me my agent and first sale, and will always hold a special place in my heart. Reviews of it can be found on the News page, and on Margaret Rowe’s Books page.

5 more days to participate in a worthy fundraising cause for a critical need. Romance blogger Limecello has used her blog for an amazing project, and gotten an amazing response. Click here to see what it’s all about, and GIVE! But if you can’t give, just go comment. Easy, yes? Several authors have pledged $ per comment, and as of this posting, there are over 500 comments!

Limecello bills herself as “a little bit tart, a little bit sweet,” but this is all sweetness. I’ll be her blog guest on August 25 with an exclusive excerpt from Mistress by Marriage.

4 Stars!

“Lucy had loved Simon Grant with all of her young heart but the thief had left her behind seven years earlier and never returned for her as he had promised. So six years ago, Lucy also left Scotland – to move to Jane Street in London, also known as Courtesan Court, where she has lived as “mistress” to Percy, Lord Ferguson – a man with exquisite manners, impeccable taste in clothing, especially women’s clothing, and a deep fondness for his butler. When Percy suffers a reversal of fortune and sells his Jane Street home to Sir Simon Keith, an English war hero, Lucy is stunned to discover he and her long-missing Simon are one and the same. Lucy wants nothing to do with Simon but Simon is determined to finally make Lucy his, no matter what she has (or hasn’t) done over the past six years, even if the now proper gentleman has to get a little improper to accomplish it!

Robinson’s “To Match a Thief” sparkles with wit, humor and characters who all take turns stealing the show. It’s an absolute delight!”

The full review is here.

Thank you, Dottie from Romance Junkies! The plot summary and complete review is here, but here’s the best part:

“A sizzling hot read, MISTRESS BY MARRIAGE, the third book in phenomenal author Maggie Robinson’s COURTESAN COURT trilogy, is a steamy, witty historical romance. Readers will find themselves reading into the night to see what happens next. Those who have read the other books in this series, MISTRESS BY MISTAKE and MISTRESS BY MIDNIGHT, will be treated to an update on some of the characters from those books.

The whole series revolves around the women on Jane Street who have their own little society, meeting for tea each week and helping each other when needed. The houses on this street are in much demand and are like a status symbol for the men of the ton. Teeming with clever repartee, heartbreak, secrets, scandal, blistering hot love scenes, kidnapping, romance and plenty of love, this story is one you will want to read time and again. A definite keeper! All it takes is seeing the name Maggie Robinson on a book to make it a must read for me. Do not miss MISTRESS BY MARRIAGE or any of the other books in this delightful series!”

It’s positively sinful. *g* Look for Andrew and Gemma’s story in April 2012!

Andrew Rossiter has used his gorgeous body and angelic face for all they’re worth—shocking the proper, seducing the willing, and pleasuring the wealthy. But with a young son depending on him for rescue, suddenly discretion is far more important than desire.He’ll have to quench his desires—fast. And he’ll have to find somewhere his scandalous reputation hasn’t yet reached…

Miss Gemma Peartree seems like a plain, virginal governess—or so she hopes. No matter how many sparks fly between them, she has too much to hide to catch Andrew’s eye. But with a stormy Scottish winter driving them together, it will be hard to keep her secrets. Especially when Andrew feels he has found the woman who can restore his soul—one kiss at a time…

Some months ago an auction took place to raise money for Fatin Soufan’s family after the death of her husband. I donated books, but The Brilliant Tessa Dare (TM) offered to make a video for an author using only the toys in her children’s bedroom. Maya Banks was the lucky (very) high bidder. The finished product is here:

I will never look at Barbie dolls the same way again.

I’ll confess: before I was published, I was terrified of reviews. I expected to burst into tears when someone didn’t like my bookbaby. I mean, commercials on TV make me weep. But I’ve discovered I laugh more often than cry, and am amazed when someone shows such passion about a work of fiction, whether it’s to praise it or poop on it.

Of course, good reviews are much better than bad reviews. It also helps if the reviewer gets the storyline right, and understands what I was trying to do. I was very pleased with the following from RT Book Reviews Magazine.

MISTRESS BY MARRIAGE
by Maggie Robinson

Genre: Historical Romance, England
Sensuality: HOT
Setting: 1820s England

RT Rating ****

Steam rises from the pages as Robinson devises a new kind of marriage. Her strong characters and depth of emotions add to the high degree of sensuality.

Five years ago the staid widower Baron Edward Chase impulsively married the ravishing Lady Caroline Christie. It was a catastrophe. Edward banished Caroline to a house on Jane Street and visited her once a year; Caroline became the authoress of a rather scandalous series of novels.

Edward realizes he must move on, but first he must get Caroline out of his blood. He devises a plan: she will be his mistress, his to command any time of day or night. At first Caroline refuses, but then she agrees. The rebuilding of their relationship on a new and sensual level leads them back to bed and slowly toward a powerful relationship based on more then lust. (BRAVA, Sep., 304 pp., $14.00)

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I’m not supposed to say, but out of the three Mistress books, I like Caro and Edward’s story the most. I’ll find out in a month when Marriage releases on August 30 if my opinion is shared with my readers. I’m giving signed copies of all three books (Mistress by Mistake, Mistress by Midnight and Mistress by Marriage) in this month’s website contest. Please enter even if you’ve read the first and/or second books, because if you win you can always share the books with a friend or donate to your public library.

For more ways to win books this month, go here!