Hello
and welcome at FLY HIGH, Manda. It’s a
great pleasure to have the chance to present you and your new spellbinding
novel, “Why
Earls Fall in Love” to my readers, since they are always so interested in
historical fiction! Could you tell us
something about your heroine, Georgina?
Georgina Mowbray is the daughter of an Army
officer. She’s also the widow of an Army officer. As such, she has been used to
living a very structured lifestyle. And she is very firmly ensconced in the
middle class. But, when she becomes friends with Isabella and Perdita—both
wealthy aristocrats—she is thrust into the world of the ton. She still,
however, must earn a living, so at the beginning of the book we see her in her
new position as companion to the wealthy Lady Russell. Who just so happens to
be the aunt of our hero—Dominic, Earl of Coniston.
Georgie is disciplined, level-headed, and
above all resilient. She will bounce back no matter what befalls her.
Is she
inspired to any other literary heroine you admire?
Not any one heroine in particular, no. But
while I was writing, I kept thinking of her as being very similar to the
real-life character of Florence Nightingale, who was also very disciplined and
resilent. Though she had a very unhappy love life, and I was happy to be able to improve on that.