What was your favorite part of the writing process? I would love to go to a ball and mingle with society back then, and writing about it gives me a taste of that!Ģ. I wanted to include things like trains in Wetherholt, so I shoved the year later, and, upon my editor’s suggestion, relocated the story to America to better fit with what society was like back then. Jane Austen! My love for balls, carriages, and fancy dresses comes from reading her books and watching various film/miniseries adaptations of them. What was your inspiration for writing Wetherholt? I got the chance to interview Marissa and ask her a few questions!ġ. With family disapproval and the seeming disinterest from the elderīrother, how can there possibly be a satisfactory end for everyone?

Lissie remains convinced that she and her sister will marry the Elwood brothers, but

Happiness becomes confusion as Nett’s almost-suitor begins acting stiff and distant. Levelheaded, caring, and sensible, the elderĮlwood brother seems like the answer to all her dreams. But soon, Nett is swept up in her own adventure as she meets theīrother of Lissie’s prospective beau. Elwood.įrom afar, Nett replies with her usual practicality as she tries to keep her flightier sister’sįeet on the ground. Heiresses and falling in love with a dashing Mr. Letters keeping Nett informed of her adventures in the big city-from dealing with theirīeastly aunt and refusing advances from a ghastly suitor to attending plays with Her remedy is to write witty and insightful Is that her older sister Nett can’t come along. When Lissie Dairton heads to New York City to visit her aunt and uncle, her only regret

Wetherholt by Marissa Adams