1–What is the title of your latest release? THE MARRIAGE LIST 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? I’m not good at this. Marquis meets young lady who has no interest in his rank. Now he must find a way to get her attention. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I have three sisters coming out at the same time. My only option was London. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? She’d be like my granddaughter, but yes. She’s interesting. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Committed, kind, handsome. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned a lot about mining during the Regency to include the fact that the government owned most of the mines and that they were responsible for much of the violence. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I really try not to, but it happens. I will say that when you force yourself to write a chapter a day, you do have to let a lot of the editing wait. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Dark chocolate. Although, that’s really not much of…

Hello everyone and thank you to Fresh Fiction for having me on their blog! I’m Ella Quinn and I write fun, smart, spicy Regencies. Normally, I’d talk about travel, but with the year we’ve had that would just be cruel. Here in Europe, even the vaccinated have to follow all the mask and social distancing mandates. So, let’s discuss research. As you can imagine, writing historical novels requires a great deal of research. Fortunately, I love it. Years and years ago, I’d get lost in the library stacks. I was majoring in Political Science, and I remember one time I found the letters of James Joyce to his wife just down the aisle from what I was researching at the time. My husband-to-be was in the Army and deployed, and for whatever reason Joyce influenced my letters (this was pre-email) to the man who has been my husband for thirty-seven years. But I digress, which in itself is part of doing research. For example, I write with the Oxford English Dictionary online open so that I can make sure that the words I use were used at that time and in the right context. Recently, I discovered that eyeglasses were…

It’s wonderful to be back on Fresh Fiction!! Last time I visited, I talked about my muse. Well, she was out while I was writing ENTICING MISS EUGENIE VILLARET, book 5 in The Marriage Game. Although I live in St. Thomas, where the book is set, finding any information between the end of the Napoleonic war and the mid-19th century is difficult to say the least. The pirates had, for the most part ceased to be active and life had become a lot calmer. During the war, England had twice taken possession of the Danish West Indies, but gave it back in 1815. In 1816 St. Thomas had one of the few protected deep water harbors in the Caribbean. It was made a free-port and had attracted a number of different nationalities. It wasn’t until the middle of the century, when the island was hit with a triple whammy, hurricane, disease, and the advent of steamer ships, that it lost its position of power. Believe it or not, most people living here had no idea of that it had been a popular port. As I was pouring over really old books with a friend, a refrain kept repeating it’s self…