Guest Post: Inspiration for A Groom with a View by Sophie Ranald

Today I'm kicking off the blog tour for Sophie Ranald's second novel, A Groom with a View, which is being published this Friday. Sophie has kindly provided us with an excerpt and written a short piece about the inspiration behind the book.

Inspiration

The idea for A Groom with a View came to me when one of my book club friends – we’ll call her Karen to protect the innocent – decided to propose to her partner. They’d been together for years, were settled and happy, owned a house and had a gorgeous daughter, but marriage had never really crossed their radar.