Thirteen Things You Don’t Know (About My Books)

I dealt with the loss of a dear friend by writing The Prince’s Slave ; he makes an appearance in the last book, playing a small but crucial role.
Tristan ( The Demon of Darkling Reach ) is based on my husband.
Morven’s state religion is based on that of the medieval Cathar sect.
Morven itself is based on Medieval England.
The Alliance ( The Price of Desire ) is based on Raj-era England.
Keshav ( The Price of Desire ) is an alternate name for Krishna while Kisten derives from the Danish word for coffin.
Ash’s name ( The Prince’s Slave ) is a nod to one of my favorite authors, M.M. Kaye.
Almost a decade of research on Andersonville, off and on, including site visits, went into writing The Prisoner .
I have a degree in medieval history.
I came up with the idea for The Black Prince Trilogy while bedridden with a serious illness.
Each title in The House of Light and Shadow is taken from a Napoleon quote.
A Dictionary of Fools  is in part a defense of polyamory.
The Prince’s Slave is meant to be feminist.