I wrote a series of three books – Blackmailing the Billoinaire, Betraying the Millionaire and Fiancee for the Billionaire. The female leads in betraying and fiancee are my kind of women – fiesty, in your face, no-nonsense women. But Betraying was different. I am not saying that she was not as strong a character, but she was less ‘in your face’ and quieter, gently persuading those around her to get her way. I struggled with this trying to make her more fighty and bitey, but she kept coming in and changing the words. Because it would not have fit her circumstances. She was a mother with a great deal to lose if she put her needs paramount. She sacrificed her happiness for her son, and I think that perhaps that made her the strongest character of all
So to Alison, I say. Thank you for showing me another way.