| Cover Feature |
Sitting by the Fire with Author
GRACE BURROWES
Tell us a little about your holiday release Lady
Jenny’s Christmas Portrait.
Lady Jenny is the last Windham sibling to
remain unmarried. The pressure of her family’s
expectations has her longing to flee to Paris,
where her artistic dreams can be developed.
At the request of Jenny’s ducal parents, famed
portraitist Elijah Harrison comes to spend the
holidays with the Windham family, and when he
learns of Jenny’s aspirations, he’s torn between
making her Christmas wishes comes true, and
listening to his own heart.
How much time did it take from writing your
first book to having it published?
A few years. I wasn’t writing for publication, I was
writing for the sheer joy of it, until my own family
had asked me too many times, “When are you
going to get that stuff published?” (Maybe Lady
Jenny and I have something in common?) The
process from there was quick: The first person I
pitched ended of offering me a contract, and I’m
still writing for that editor.
Are any of your characters based on real
people or events?
Not specifically, unless you consider that events
in my life have informed events in the books.
14 | www.BTSeMag.com