Heroine: Sophie Lawrance knows passionate love doesn’t always conquer all. It certainly didn’t help her in the past, when she felt it her duty to refuse her heart. Instead of fighting for her, her lover ran away. And it definitely can’t help her now that she is in the middle of a blackmail scheme meant [...]
Keira: Was Sophie Lawrance inspired just the tiniest bit by Anne Elliot, the heroine of Jane Austen’s Persuasion? Cara Elliott: Ha! It’s so interesting that you should ask that! Anne Elliot and Elizabeth Bennett of Pride and Prejudice are my co-favorite Austen heroines. And while at first blush they may appear to be very different, [...]
