Of course, in that book, he was blindsided by his partner’s beautiful bombshell of a sister, Sesily.and readers knew they were watching the start of something great. Caleb was the perfect addition to MacLeaniverse, brought into it as the business partner to the heroine of my book The Day of the Duchess, who left England for America to escape a broken marriage. I grew up and went to college in New England and to graduate school in Boston, so I think I’ve always had an American hero in me. How did your Bostonian hero and owner of the Bell in Hand, Caleb Calhoun, come about? And fans have been champing at the bit for his and Sesily Talbot’s story. Thus, the book was a love letter to a rich community of women who laugh, love, and support each other. I wrote Bombshell during the pandemic, under lockdown in New York City, alone in my office and far away from my friends. And the Hell’s Belles were born, not as shoplifters, but as women with a keen sense of justice and a sharp understanding of how to use their quiet power to make a loud impact. During my research, I stumbled across a story about the Forty Elephants - the largest shoplifting ring in English history - staffed entirely by women.
That series follows a group of siblings who run a smuggling ring in Victorian London, and while I was writing them dominating the rooftops and dark corners of London, I realized that my next series would have to turn toward the powerful women beyond the ballrooms of London. I conceived of Hell’s Belles several years ago while I was working on my last series, The Bareknuckle Bastards. What’s the story behind the Hell’s Belles series? Bombshell, the first in her Hell’s Belles series, was one of the most anticipated romance releases of this past summer. New York Times bestselling romance author Sarah MacLean is a widely sought-after, knowledgeable, and noteworthy proponent of the romance genre in mainstream and social media.
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