My heroines - independent-minded, resourceful and far from submissive - respond to them in ways a 21st-century reader can identify with. My heroes appeal to me - sexy, successful, strong men with a sense of honour and humour. Wrenched from the restrictive and patriarchal Roman society which confined women and gave them no say in civic life, Julia was able to find a new freedom in a society that gave women a status that was unheard of among Romans.Īll Mills & Boon authors, writing for the varied lines - a broad spectrum of contemporary stories as well as the historical novels - aim to meet the fantasies and interests of their readers within parameters they feel comfortable with. It gave me a context to bring together two people of entirely different backgrounds, cultures and value systems and to explore the mutual attraction between them. Slavery was a fact of classical and barbarian societies. This novel is set in AD410, when the Visigoths sacked Rome. I write historical romance, setting stories within the framework of the values and standards of the period. Soon, though, Julia realises that she's more free as a slave than she ever was as a sheltered Roman virgin." But she doesn't expect to be among the taken! As Wulfric's woman, she's ordered to keep house for the uncivilised marauders. Bindel quotes the blurb of my novel Virgin Slave, Barbarian King (M&B, January 2008): "Julia Livia Rufa is horrified when barbarians invade Rome and steal everything in sight.
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