We first meet Jack, the charming, fashionable Lord John Callater, in The Night She Met the Duke. There he helps Pru and Garrick to find lasting happiness, but Jack was one of those characters that arrived in my head, fully formed and demanding his own story. So here it is.
We meet Jack again at the end of 1816. Britain is recovering from years of warfare. Prices are high, the poor are suffering and there is unrest in the country. Not that one would know it from the extravagant entertainments of London Society, where Jack is enjoying life as a much-sought-after bachelor. Until he sees the beautiful Sabrina, Lady Massyngham, the woman who broke his heart six years earlier.
Snowbound with the Brooding Lord is a story of second chances, of two people who are deeply in love finding a way through their difficulties. Not easy with two proud and independent people like Sabrina and Jack. I decided to imprison them in an almost deserted manor house, where they might let down their guard and get to know one another. However, my awkward characters were still holding out, and the final resolution takes place not in the glittering ballrooms of London but against the rough, dangerous backdrop of the Spa Field Riots.
I love weaving my stories into a background of real events, and once I had read about the unrest taking place in London in December 1816, I knew I wanted to incorporate it into this romance. I think it provides a suitably dramatic climax to Jack and Sabrina’s story, and I hope you agree.