Emily Greenwood | How Did the Idea for Your New Regency Series, The Scandalous Sisters, Originate?

Thanks very much for having me on Fresh Fiction today!

To answer the question, I got the idea for THE BEAUTIFUL ONE after reading various news accounts of women –both celebrities and “regular” people –who’d been filmed secretly by men who’d then posted the videos or photos online.

The trouble for the heroine of THE BEAUTIFUL ONE, Anna Black, starts when she becomes aware that someone has made a book of nude drawings of her. They were obviously created while she was bathing and dressing in her room, by someone able to observe her unnoticed. The book is being circulated in Society, and everyone is dying to know the identity of the woman depicted. So Anna has to leave home immediately and find someplace to hide, or risk the scandal of being identified as the naked woman.

While she is on the run, Anna gets pressed into service to bring a troublesome teenage girl named Lizzie Tarryton to the estate of her guardian, Will Halifax, Viscount Grandville. Unlike Anna, Lizzie seems to seek out scandal. She is clearly unbothered that she’s been thrown out of boarding school for bad behavior, and as the story progresses, she certainly shows herself willing to do scandalous things. Lizzie’s story, called HOW TO HANDLE A SCANDAL, will release in 2016.

So although Anna and Lizzie aren’t related, they become friends during the course of the books, and they are definitely sisters in scandal!

About Emily Greenwood

Emily Greenwood worked for a number of years as a writer, crafting newsletters and fundraising brochures, but she far prefers writing playful love stories set in Regency England, and she thinks romance novels are the chocolate of literature. A Golden Heart finalist, she lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters.

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About THE BEAUTIFUL ONE

“A SIZZLING ROMANCE THAT TOUCHES THE HEART.” —Sally MacKenzie, USA Today bestselling author

A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS…

The ton is buzzing about The Beautiful One, a striking figure in a scandalous book of nude sketches. Only two men know the true identity of The Beautiful One, and they are scouring the countryside, determined to find her.

BUT NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES

The unlikely center of the scandal, Anna Black is forced to flee home as disaster looms. Her tomboy’s heart and impertinent tongue serve her well when she meets the most brooding viscount ever to darken a drawing room. Will Halifax, Viscount Grandville, has his reasons for pushing people away, and when his tempestuous teenaged ward arrives on his doorstep, he presses Anna to take on her care. As Anna begins to melt the Viscount’s frozen heart, she knows the more she loves, the more she has to lose. For although Will cares nothing for what makes Society titter, he has yet to see The Beautiful One.

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