We have been visting St. Bart's for years and fell in love with the people, the scenery, the ambience and the food. It inspired me to take the leap and write a six-part series called St. Bart's novels. The heroine is Sunny O'Hara. If you take a cue from her literary namesake, she's more Melanie than Scarlett. Nice and loving but with a steel core. The hero is an actor by the name of Sven Larsen. He is pure Rhett; arrogant and spoilt but laid low by love. The series follows them from their first meeting on St. Bart's, to the challenge of trying to turn a 'summer' romance into something more permanent and eventually to the lives of their friends and family. The books are erotic but the focus is always on the characters who experience both love and loss. Inspirations include Jilly Cooper, Notting Hill, Titanic, Gone with the Wind and Shakespeare. I hope you laugh, love and cry.