Goodreads asked Elizabeth Everett:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Elizabeth Everett The Secret Scientists of London series features a club within a club. To the outside world, Athena's Retreat is a social club, much like those the gentlemen of the time enjoyed. Behind closed doors, however, are secret laboratories and workrooms where the members conduct scientific experiments. The idea for a hidden club came about when I learned of the women's clubs established in the late Victorian/early Edwardian period. One such club was the Somerville Club, named for the pioneering scientific writer and mathematician, Mary Somerville. However, A Lady's Formula for Love is set in the first few years of Victoria's reign which saw a backlash against the excesses of the Regency, the social upheaval of the industrial revolution, and the beginning of the Evangelical movement.

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