Hannah Fielding

Award-Winning Romance Novelist

Category: Legacy

Fairy tale week: Cinderella’s shoe – an enduring symbol

This week, I’ve decided to theme my posts on fairy tales, because they have played an integral part in shaping the writer I am today.

Growing healing remedies: the physic garden

Alternative herbal medicine features prominently in my latest book, Legacy. The hero, Ruy, is a conventional doctor who heads up a cancer-treatment clinic. He is

Legacy reviewed by The Lady

I’m delighted to share today a review of Legacy published by The Lady magazine: Legacy is filled to the brim with family scandal, frustrated love

Take a trip around the world with my books

Since I began my publishing adventure in April 2012, I have published five novels. What a journey that has been, for me and for my

Finding inspiration at the San Sebastián Castle, Cadiz

I love the city of Cadiz, Andalucía, that ‘lively and luminous’ city known as ‘the Bride of the Sea’, so much so that I set

Cadiz cathedral: ‘the ship of souls’

‘A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.’ So said one of my favourite

A soul bared: The flamenco guitarist

In my new book, Legacy, the male protagonist Ruy is of mixed heritage – he is part gentleman, part gypsy. His gypsy roots are very

Believing in fate, honouring the Fates

In my latest novel Legacy, the male protagonist, Ruy, is a man faced with two legacies: that of his mother, Luz, who is descended from

Love is… discovery

Do you remember the comic strip series ‘Love is…’ by cartoonist Kim Casali? For a time, in the 1970s and 1980s, this ‘brand’ was everywhere

What’s in a name? On naming my ‘Moon Queen’ heroine

Choosing a name for the heroine of a novel is, for me, one of the most fun parts of the writing – but also one

Career matters… when it comes to romance

Careers are at the heart of my new novel Legacy. The hero, Dr Rodrigo Rueda de Calderón (Ruy), is a doctor who has set up

Shaping the ‘meet cute’ in Legacy

No doubt you’re familiar with the movie screenwriting term ‘meet cute’. It originated in the 1940s, when romantic comedies incorporated attention-grabbing and amusing scenes for

Writing the next generation: from Harry Potter to Andalucían Nights

In the past few weeks, a single book has dominated the arts headlines: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The script of the new stage

All the world’s a stage: a Shakespearean echo in Legacy

Have you ever had a melody, or a line of poetry, or a quotation stuck in your mind? It happens to me quite often, especially

The legend at the heart of Andalucían Nights

Last year, I wrote about one of my favourite works of literature, One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of stories from ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian and