Goodreads asked Victoria Collins:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Victoria Collins Fire and Sacrifice was first inspired by a holiday in Rome 10 years ago, when I first saw the ruins of the Temple of Vesta. I was fascinated by this little round temple, so different to all the other megaliths in the forum, and it's all-female cult. I started drafting a story about a priestess called Aemilia, which I thought was a good Roman name, who'd been accused of breaking her vows, and then I found a REAL priestess Aemilia who suffered that very fate.

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