Scandalous Women welcomes Guest Blogger Cara Elliott on Ada, Countess of Lovelace
Scandalous Women is pleased to welcome historical romance author Cara Elliott to the blog, talking about Lord Byron's daughter Ada, Countess of Lovelace. Cara is the author of the fabulous book To Sin with a Scoundrel from Grand Central Publishing which came out this month. There is something about women who dare to be different that has always appealed to me, even as a child. Maybe it’s because I tended to be a tomboy and was often scolded to “act more like a normal young lady!” when I wanted to do things like catch frogs and throw a football rather than play with dolls. (To her credit, my mother was not one of those voices. She always encouraged my enthusiasms—whether they involved cutting out cardboard swords and crowns, or making bow and arrows—for which I am profoundly grateful.) In any case, I never understood why being a girl should limit what I could do . . . so I guess it’s no surprise that I tend to write offbeat heroines in my historical romances—women who dare to def