May 13, 2012 • I'm very pleased to note that Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal found a spot on the USA Today bestseller's list. Go, Maggie and Benjamin! The reviews continue to be positive, and I see some people are already preordering the October release, "Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight." Yowza.

• I'm also happy to report that The Heir and The Soldier have been purchased for publication in Slovak, which joins Spanish, German, Japanese (trade and manga), Turkish and Thai on the foreign rights sold shelf.

• BUT what's really making me smile these days is that, in honor of the release of her latest Regency, "The Proposal," Mary Balogh now has an author page on Facebook. You bet I've liked that one!

• New in the word corner: louche

May 6, 2012 • Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal is off to a wonderful start. If you'd like me to send you a signed bookplate for your copy of Maggie, just send a SASE to: Grace Burrowes, 21 Summit Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21740. For lots of chances to win a copy, follow the blog tour, or watch the blog on this website.

• Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish has been given an Award of Merit in the Virginia Romance Writer's HOLT Medallion contest. I'm thinking more of my heroes are going to have to learn to deal with Diaper Detail (Sophie agrees).

• New in the word corner: Tri-ethyl-methyl-butyl-mercaptan.