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Dear Reader

It is not often that I can point to one specific thing as an inspiration for a story, but in this case my visit to Keates’ house, on the edge of Hampstead Heath opened the floodgates for the setting of the story. For two years, 1818 to 1820 Keates lived in the one side of Wentworth Place. On the other side lived the girl who proved to be the love of his life Fanny Brawne. It was here he wrote some of his most memorable poetry. Keats died of tuberculosis in Italy and virtually alone at the age of twenty-five. Fanny went on to marry and have a family. She never forgot the love of her life, however.

At the time of my visit, I couldn’t help wondering what it must have been like for the couple to have been separated only by the walls dividing their house. For some reason, the thought came back to me when beginning Richard and Eugenie’s story. While this couple is nothing like the poet and Fanny, it felt good that the house inspired a happy ending.

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