Marie Dees

I do realize England, Ireland and Scotland are popular settings for romance novels, and I do realize you want to take advantage of all the romantic history of those isles. But please keep in mind that they are real locations and that history is real history. You are free to create your own characters, but unless you are working in alternate history, fantasy, steampunk or another genre that actually involves changing history, you really should rework British history. I don’t mean don’t create Lords and Ladies that didn’t really exist or don’t through in the odd castle. I mean know when the major wars were and what the social issues were. Know when your characters should have been fighting for or against a monarch and when perhaps they should be concerned with social reform. Please, just do some research before you finish the novel and send it off to a publisher.