To Catch an Heiress is the only one of my books that was conceived out of an opening line.Three cheers for Oxford University Press, who graciously waived their permission fees, obviously deciding that romance novels = excellent public relations! So I ended up hunched over the Oxford English Dictionary (the kind you need a magnifying glass to read) for hours, looking up new definitions. The problem was, we discovered this after I’d written the book. This meant that all the definitions would have to come from the same dictionary, so that I could make only one application for permission. It turns out that dictionary definitions are not public domain, which meant I would have to apply for permission to use them in my book. I had a lot of fun with the “definitions” that appear at the beginning of each chapter, but they turned out to be a LOT of work. If you read carefully, you will find a theme throughout the book about stars and starry nights. The working title of this book was Starry Night.
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