So was there anyone specific that inspired you to create Vesper the way you did?

No, I just...

All of my character...

I mean, I knew she was going to feel quite modern, which is true of basically all of the historical characters I've written, is they're very modern feeling, which I'm fine with.

But I wanted...

it wasn't a specific person that inspired her.

It was more of this dynamic that I needed to create, like the idea of like what the, the setup for the book, like having it be a heroine running one of these clubs and the hero wanting to shut it down.

in order? How do you do it? Do you, because you don't plan, is it more, I'm going to write things and as they come to me, and then it's going to slot in wherever it actually goes?