Luckily, I wrote The Heiresses while living in Cambridgeshire in the UK (I usually live in Australia), so could pop on a fast train and be in London in under an hour to research anything I liked. After a while, I realised I had to write on and put little ‘x’ signs where I needed to research and go back later to do all my research in one session, or I’d never get anywhere!

When I started writing, I found myself stopping after every second sentence or so to research this point and that point. Although I love to read historical books and watch documentaries and historical dramas on TV, I hadn’t actually written anything historical before. The most difficult part was the historical research. What was the hardest part about writing The Heiresses? I wrote it very quickly, in under nine months (altogether, it’s roughly 120,000 words). The Heiresses was a little different for me because it was contracted from only a short writing sample and a series guide. How long did it take to you to complete The Heiresses? Played out if genetic testing was not available to them, which is the case in The Heiresses, set in 1920s London. This led me to wondering how this family’s scenario might have I can’t say too much as it will spoil the plot completely, but I saw a segment that involved a family and their genetic makeup and asked my husband (a medical specialist) about it all that evening. This is extremely embarrassing, but I think it was actually from watching a Dr Phil show, years ago. Where did you get the inspiration for The Heiresses? But with the odds stacked against them, coming together as sisters may be harder than they think. All they need to do is find a way to claim the fortune from their greedy half-brother, Charles. When three teenage girls, Thalia, Erato and Clio, are summoned to the excitement of fast-paced London-a frivolous, heady city full of bright young things-by Hestia, an aunt they never knew they had, they are shocked to learn they are triplets and the rightful heiresses to their deceased mother’s fortune. In Allison Rushby’s Heiresses, three triplets-estranged since birth-are thrust together in glittering 1926 London to fight for their inheritance, only to learn they can’t trust anyone-least of all each other. Remember this really fun serial novel I mentioned last week? Luckily for interested readers, today is its paperback release, and Allison Rushby has stopped by for a quick Q&A and is giving away a chic 1920s-inspired scarf.

The Heiresses by Allison Rushby