LOUISE ALLEN is the author of over forty historical romances with Harlequin Mills & Boon and it was the research for one of them, Forbidden Jewel of India, that gave her the inspiration for this story. Louise collects Georgian prints and ephemera and is fascinated by the history of London: her walking guide, Walking Jane Austen’s London (Shire Publications) reflects these interests. A book on travelling by stagecoach is her next non-fiction publication.
She lives on the North Norfolk coast and shares the house with her husband and the garden with a very bossy pheasant, who thinks he owns it, and a muntjac deer who eats all the vegetables. Louise loves to travel in search of ideas for her writing and is currently working on a novel set in Egypt in 1800.
Find out more about Louise’s books at www.louiseallenregency.com and explore late Georgian London with her at http://janeaustenslondon.com