Extras: The Inside Take
This is where I tell you interesting connections between characters as well as cool historical facts that you might enjoy. But do be aware that these are written for people who have already read each book; the outcome of the books are no secret. Please do not read any of The Inside Take posts if you're wary of knowing who is paired with whom!
Inside Desperate Duchesses
I dedicated this book to my father, Robert Bly, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. Least you think that I am the only one in the family writing of love, here’s a snippet of one of my father’s love poems, taken from Loving a Woman in Two Worlds (1985): I want to be […]
Read More →Inside An Affair Before Christmas
This is the second book in the Desperate Duchess series. So, although it stands alone, there are a number of characters that appeared first in Desperate Duchesses, such as the Duke and Duchess of Beaumont (Jemma and Elijah). An Affair Before Christmas opens at the same party that closed Desperate Duchesses – a party thrown by Jemma to celebrate her brother […]
Read More →Inside Once Upon a Tower
As a Shakespeare professor, I teach Romeo and Juliet every year—one would think the play held no mysteries for me. But I’d been plagued by the question of what Romeo and Juliet’s marriage would look like if their parents hadn’t been so grumpy. When I was thinking about shaping Gowan as a very young and passionate version of […]
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