Welcome to my website. I’m so glad you found me here! I’m an author, a doctor, a blogger, and a mom. My debut novel A Beautiful Heist–the first in a series–comes out on June 6, 2013, published by Kensington. You can read more about it here.
On this site I write about all my favorite stuff: health tips, travel, writing, books, mommyness, and food. I hope you spend a little time browsing around! Drop me a line or connect with me on social media–I’d love to hear from you.
The Jewels In The Great Gatsby
This weekend I’m going to see The Great Gatsby. I don’t care if I can’t get a sitter. The kids will be fine for a couple of hours, right? See, I am a big Baz Luhrmann fan (ever since Moulin Rouge, which rocked my world). And, although I didn’t start out loving Leonardo DiCaprio in […]
Health Tip: Natural Ways To Cope With Seasonal Allergies
It’s spring! Which means: warm winds, tulips, the beginning of baseball season, swingy dresses, itchy eyes and nonstop sneezing…wait. What? Yes, for some of us, spring is not all butterflies and rainbows. If you suffer seasonal allergies—commonly called hayfever—you might be in the market for some tips on how to survive (and enjoy) the season. On […]
Travel Notes: Top 5 Must-See Spots In Seattle
I visit Seattle all the time, and my first novel is (mostly) set in Seattle, so I obviously love the city. If you’re going to Seattle for the first time, there are a few things you absolutely can’t miss. Granted, every other tourist in the city will be at these places, too, but there’s good reason for […]
Book Club: The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton, is a fairy tale. It is a lush saga, a delicious gothic mystery, and a beautifully told story of the interwoven lives of three women from different eras. There are gorgeous settings: Australia, late Victorian London, and a grand English manor in Cornwall. There are dark family secrets, and themes of […]
Recipe Box: Maple Glazed Salmon
The heroine of my first book is a very busy gal–she mostly survives on takeout sushi and Thai food–but when she does have a little time to make something for herself, she needs it fast, tasty, and healthy. After all, scaling buildings and jumping from trains takes an AWFUL lot of energy. The story is mostly set in Seattle, and here […]
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A Beautiful Heist On Pinterest
I started playing around on Pinterest about a year ago and, like many people, immediately fell down the rabbit hole. Pinterest is even more habit-forming than movie popcorn and peanut M&Ms. (Yes, together. Have you tried? Ridiculous.) One of my fellow bloggers at YMC coined the hashtag #pintervention and sometimes, I seriously think that might be warranted. But […]
22 Days To Go: The Wonderful World of Faberge
The heroine of my novel is a professional jewel thief, and her target is a long-lost Faberge Egg. While writing the book I did tons of research on these spectacular masterpieces of the jeweler’s art. Today, I thought you might like to come along as I open a page into the storybook world of opulent Imperial Russia. The most […]
Recipe Box: Maple Glazed Salmon
The heroine of my first book is a very busy gal–she mostly survives on takeout sushi and Thai food–but when she does have a little time to make something for herself, she needs it fast, tasty, and healthy. After all, scaling buildings and jumping from trains takes an AWFUL lot of energy. The story is mostly set in Seattle, and here […]
Masquerade Parties
In my novel a pivotal scene happens at a masquerade party. I love these, and–naturally–a masquerade is a fabulous milieu for a thief. Here’s a teeny excerpt from the masquerade scene in A Beautiful Heist: I surveyed the room full of strangers. Well, I was assuming they were strangers, but of course I couldn’t be certain because […]
Wise Words
It’s Sunday…AND it’s Mother’s Day. So, let’s all sleep in and have a lazy day with coffee and the newspaper, shall we? I’m going to keep it simple with today’s countdown post. Just a little something to think about. (And maybe a little something for my fellow Pinterest addicts?)
Greatest Heist Movies: Originals & Remakes
Well, I’ve got 26 days to go before book launch, and today we’re going to cover a pretty fun topic. After all, who doesn’t love a good heist movie? There have been some great ones…and some not so great ones, of course. But one thing is for sure: Hollywood loves to remake classic heist movies. Here’s a […]
All About Diamond Cuts & Shapes
Okay, 27 days to go. (Yes, I know I missed yesterday but my plans got siderailed by a little unscheduled trip to the ER…all good now, so onwards we go!) Now, you may know that the heroine of my book is a professional jewel thief. Naturally, this means I did a whole lot of research on […]
Mojito, anyone? {Recipes Included}
With 29 days to go before book launch, I think it’s time for a cocktail, don’t you? In the opening scene of A Beautiful Heist my main character, Cat Montgomery, is at a swanky gala on a yacht. But she’s not there for fun–she’s hard at work. Specifically, there’s a very particular diamond ring on board, locked away in a safe on […]
30 Day Countdown To Book Launch
So I’ve got 30 days to go before the release of my first novel, A Beautiful Heist. And I’ve decided I’m going to have a little fun with this. Actually…make that a lot of fun. Starting today, I’m going to do one post a day–every day–until June 6, my release day. I’ve been having a […]
