What’s New With Sabrina

I just returned from the wedding of a friend's daughter in New Orleans. Rene and I had so much fun! I never tire of visiting my old stomping grounds. We avoided the French Quarter most of the time, since the French Quarter Festival was going on and the parking and crowds were insane, but we did manage a quick trip there after the festival was over and got to visit with my cousin, Mark Tullos, Jr., Director of the Louisiana State Museum, who showed us some cool new historical exhibits. Rene's closest friend (since 4th grade!) took us around town to see what had changed, and we ate out at as many great restaurants as we could. I met with my agent, visited Barnes and Noble (if you live in Metairie, all their copies of my books are signed now), and got to talk business with several writer friends. All in all, it was a great trip. I love North Carolina, but I do miss Louisiana, too. As my friend Ava Stone says, you can take the girl out of Louisiana, but you can't take Louisiana out of the girl!

My husband and I can't resist a fun New Orleans wedding celebration. Here we are getting into the spirit of the occasion.

Cheers! Having a drink in the Big Easy...

I love my visits to the Louisiana State Museum. Look at this gorgeous gown we came across!

The Art of Sinning
Coming July 21, 2015

At St. George's Club, guardians conspire to keep their unattached sisters and wards out of the clutches of sinful suitors. Which works fine...except when the sinful suitors are members!

Appearances & Freebies

May 12-17, 2015
Romance Writers of America
RT Booklovers Convention
Dallas, TX

The RT Booklovers Convention is always a fun, reader-friendly conference, so I hope some of you will make it there this year. I'll be hosting some parties (including one with several historical romance author friends), participating in the historical market panel, and signing books at the giant book fair Saturday, May 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more
information about the conference, visit https://www.rtconvention.com/.

May Contest

Who wants a sneak peek into my upcoming Sinful Suitor series? Five grand prizewinners will receive autographed advance reading copies of The Art of Sinning, the first book in the new series.

Just for Fun

A few weeks ago, it was National Library Week in the U.S. Aside from the fact that Rene is a retired librarian, I love libraries and have since I was a kid. Libraries influence young minds, the book industry, and even pop culture. Check out this link Book Riot posted featuring nine great songs about libraries, librarians, and books. Marian the Librarian from The Music Man is one of my favorites.

Find Sabrina

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Isn't this gown gorgeous? Imagine it a little lower cut, and you have Yvette's evening gown the first time she meets Jeremy.

Ask the Author

Q: What kind of food from the Regency period would you be most interested in trying and why? —Lysette L.

A: There's lots of dishes I'd like to try, but I think white soup would be at the top. Any soup that contains bread crumbs and bacon in it has to be a winner, right? Plus, it's mentioned in Regency novels from Austen to the present day. So I'd love to know why it was considered an excellent dish for serving at ball suppers. If you'd like to read more about it, you can check out this history of white soup.

Congrats to Lysette L., who will receive an autographed Sabrina Jeffries book for submitting the featured Ask the Author question for May. I’ll select a new question to answer each month, so keep submitting them to
[email protected]. You might be the next book winner!

Regency Tidbit

I'm a soup lover (as you might tell from my "Ask the Author" answer), and one of my favorite New Orleans soups is turtle soup (I had some on my last visit, as a matter of fact). But turtle soup was common on menus in England going back to before the Regency. It had to always be included as a dish for the Lord Mayor's Banquet in London, and was so popular (and so expensive) that the English even developed Mock Turtle Soup for those who couldn't afford turtle meat. Mock turtle soup was traditionally made with a calf's head, so if the idea of eating turtle makes you gag, you might like the mock version even less. Personally, I enjoy the real thing!

Sabrina’s Favorite Things

Speaking of good food, since it's grilling season, I'm sharing a recipe from my family's cookbook for my husband's favorite hamburgers. So technically this month is "Rene's Favorite Things," but he's my favorite hubby, so it still counts.