Oooh, the most fabulous thing has happened. Lady Jane’s Salon and Romance Novel TV are launching a book club! Here’s how it works:
*Read the books of our Salon guest authors. Romance Novel TV and Lady Jane’s Salon will post them every month.
*Discuss, watch videos, and chat online with the author and other readers only at romancenovel.tv.
*Visit Lady Jane’s Salon in NYC on the first Monday of every month to hear the author read from her work. Have a drink and chat with romance novelists and readers galore. If you can’t make it to the city check back here for videos and blogs.
We, the Lady Janes, are thrilled to work with super lovely Romance Novel TV Ladies. We’re also especially excited that our own Leanna Renee Hieber is the first book club author this month! Read on about her super special spectacular salon event coming up on September 7th….
Greetings, dear readers and Lady Jane’s Salon devotees.
Your co-founder Leanna Renee Hieber here, and I am so very thrilled to tell you about September 7th. I’ll be hosting a very special event, a launch party for my debut novel, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, a ghostly, Gothic Victorian Fantasy novel, first in the Strangely Beautiful series with Dorchester Publishing.
You will find charming atmosphere, a mysterious Strangely Beautiful drink special at the incredible Madame X price of $5.00, there will be a raffle for a special prize, and your hostess will be in full 1880’s garb in honour of her book’s setting.
You’ll also have the opportunity not only to hear two selections from The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker but fellow award winning author Isabo Kelly, one of my dearest friends and inspirations in this business, will be reading a selection from her work as well. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
This is a very special night for me, as this is a very special book. I hope you’ll join me, Isabo Kelly, the Lady Jane’s co-founders, a host of my friends coming from far and wide and the lovely and wonderful people at Dorchester Publishing for an evening of strangely beautiful delights.
For more information about The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, please visit www.leannareneehieber.com. All the usual Lady Jane’s Salon particulars are in effect, see you at Madame X on September 7th at 7pm!
Blessings!
Leanna Renee Hieber
Lady Jane’s Salon co-founder Leanna Renee Hieber will be hosting a fabulous party at the September Salon honoring her debut novel, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker. There will be drink specials, a raffle and…read more at http://www.leannareneebooks.blogspot.com.
Join us on Monday, September 7th. Same time (7:00) and same place (Madame X).
Elizabeth K. Mahon–scandalous blogger and salon regular–has so graciously provided a report of last night’s fun at Lady Jane’s.
Last night, I moseyed on down to Madame X for the July edition of Lady Jane’s Salon. This reading series has quickly become a must-not miss event here in New York. It’s hard to believe that no one came up with the idea of hosting a romance reading series in New York until this year! What were we thinking? No matter, thanks to founders Hope Tarr, Ron Hogan, Leanna Renee Hieber and Maya Rodale, Lady Jane’s is here to stay. The wonderful thing about the Lady Jane’s Salon reading series is not only is it a great way to catch up with friends, and also networking, but it also gives the readers a chance to give back by donating gently used books to Share the Love.
Ron Hogan was a delightful comprere for the evening’s festivities. This month’s event was very special because Susie Felber, the daughter of the author Edith Layton who passed away recently, gave a wonderfully funny and touching speech about her mother. I didn’t think it was possible to laugh and cry at the same time! I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a run on Edith Layton on Amazon.com today after hearing Susie’s memorial to her mother last night.
The next reader was RWA NYC’s own Dee Davis (who was our author of the year at last year’s Golden Apple Awards). Dee read from her book A Match Made on Madison. If you watch Millionaire Matchmaker on Bravo, or are a big fan of Sex and the City, you will love this book. After a brief pause so that we could refresh our drinks (I’m a big fan of the Indecent Proposal), we had two authors whose work I was unfamilliar with, but I can’t wait to read their books, Anthea Lawson and Diana Love.
Again, another fantabulous evening at Lady Jane’s. If you are in New York the first Monday of the month, you cannot miss this event.
Visit Elizabeth at www.scandalouswoman.blogspot.com or at the next Salon on Monday, August 3rd.
Lady Jane’s Salon returns on Monday, July 6th with more splendid romance authors!
Debut historical author ANTHEA LAWSON will from her RITA nominated work Passionate
Award-winning local author DEE DAVIS will read from A Match Made On Madison
New York Times bestseller DIANA LOVE will read from Whispered Lies
SUSIE FELBER will pay tribute to her her mother, romance novelist EDITH LAYTON.
You already know the details, but here they are again for your convenience:
WHEN: Monday, July 6th, 7-9 PM
WHERE: Madame X, 94 Houston Street (btw LaGuardia and Thompson Streets), New York, NY 10012, 212.539.0808. Nearest subways: F,V,B,D at Lafayette, N, R at Prince Street.
Admission is $5.00 or one gently used romance novel. Proceeds to benefit Share The Love a nonprofit organization that provides gently used romance novels to groups helping women in transition, such as homeless or domestic violence shelters. Why? Because everyone deserves the pleasure of a good story and a happy ending. Co-sponsors: Share The Love and Ron Hogan of Beatrice.com. Cash bar.
Last night’s edition of Lady Jane’s Salon was a smashing success! We had an amazing line up of authors: Diane Gaston, Amanda McCabe, Wendy Corsi Staub, and Marjorie M Liu. Reviews of the readings are written up all over the web! Check out posts at Romance Novel TV, Maya Rodale’s not-so-secret online diary, and Kwana Writes. If you blogged about Lady Jane’s, please post the link in a comments. The more the merrier!
Oh, and some pictures, of course!
Diane Gaston
Amanda McCabe
Wendy Corsi Staub
Marjorie M Liu
Lady Jane has some super special guests at the next salon so mark your calendars for Monday April 6th! The featured readers will be….
Alisa Sheckley aka Alisa Kwitney, author of The Better To Hold You.
Maya Rodale, author of The Rogue And The Rival, will read with the funny guy from last month’s salon.
Rob from Romantic Times will provide a musical interlude and our special hostess for the evening will be…
Sarah Wendell of the popular blog Smart Bitches Trashy Books and the author of Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide To Romance Novels.
Truly, this is not one to be missed!
The details…
WHEN: Monday, April 6th. 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm
WHERE: Madame X. 94 Houston Street (btw LaGuardia and Thompson) NY, NY 10012. 212-539-0808.
Admission is five dollars or one gently used romance novel to benefit Share The Love, a non-profit organization that provides romance novels to groups helping women in transition, such as homeless or domestic violence shelters. Why? Because everyone deserves the pleasure of a good story and a happy ending. Sponsored by Beatrice.Com and Share The Love.
Your Salon founders–Hope Tarr, Leanna Renee Hieber, Ron Hogan and Maya Rodale–hope to see you there!
