The more that time goes on, the more I feel really passionately about putting more history into historical romance. “You’re always looking for some new way to tell the same story,” she says, “but it’s how they get to the happy end that is the challenge and the fun for a writer.” Here, Kleypas talks about why she made Pandora’s career such a big focus of the book, what she thinks about the idea of Donald Trump as a romance hero, and how the concept of consent in romance has changed over the years.Īvon Devil in Spring was partially inspired by Elizabeth Magie, the woman who invented the game that eventually became Monopoly.

You can probably guess how it all ends but getting there is the fun part, both for readers and for Kleypas. Victorian-era marriage laws would give her husband sole control of her business and her profits, and that’s a sacrifice she’s just not willing to make.

Her most recent novel, Devil in Spring, tells the story of Pandora Ravenel, a somewhat eccentric young woman who dreams of owning and running a board game business, a goal that would be considerably less difficult to achieve if she didn’t also want to marry an extremely attractive aristocrat named Gabriel, Lord St. Lisa Kleypas, who’s written more than 30 romances in the past 30 years, knows this better than most. all those smoldering glances can get a little repetitive. Sex scenes are important, of course, but without a little bit of context - friends, family, career, etc. While the actual romance will always be one of the most important parts of a romance novel, devoted readers know that the relationship isn’t the only thing that makes a book great.

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