For The Forgotten Daughter I had to seek out contemporary handbooks for landowners and land stewards to flesh out my hero’s role. I don’t chase down every fact I might need before I begin, because I don’t always know at the start what I’m going to need. Generally, I have a sure foundation when I begin to write, and I usually take a look at events for the years in which the book is set. My process in writing is iterative and reactive. I’m in a continual process of soaking up information whether it is useful or not. History is my great love, even before travel, but I’m a librarian not a reenactor. How much research do you do into the time period and places you write about? Sitting in a café in Rome I asked myself, “Could you put a Regency novel in Rome?” The result was Dangerous Secrets about a shabby down on his luck English major earning a living in Rome while hiding from his mistakes. That is an extremely tough question, because I love travel and constantly soak up setting. What is the most inspiring place you’ve visited and has it shown up in one of your books?

I don’t remember consciously thinking I wanted to be an author but by age eight I was scribbling stories, usually fan fiction.

You can get your copy of this engaging historical romance HER E!ĭid you always know you wanted to be an author? What is the first story you remember writing?

Caroline was kind enough to answer some questions for us. The Forgotten Daughter comes out this week! It’s the third book in Caroline Warfield’s Ashmead Heirs series.

The Price of Glory by Caroline Warfield