It follows on from her first novel, Mistress of My Fate, the first book in the Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot series. Both books are written as an hommage to classic works of eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature.
The author's initial work, "Mistress of My Fate," serves as a foundation for her subsequent novel in the "Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot" series.  Both novels draw inspiration from literary giants of the 18th and early 19th centuries.