Goodreads asked Isabella August:

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

Isabella August Crown of Frost was first born from an idea for a tabletop RPG plot. I write pre-made characters for the games that I run, and I really enjoy the idea of asymmetrical relationships. Liam was going to be a faerie servant who helped some poor mortal escape his faerie lord, then went out "hunting" for her, intentionally failing to capture her at every turn. Due to the way Arcadia steals memories, this poor mortal would really believe that Liam was trying to capture her, and would eventually ensnare him herself.

I was so looking forward to those two players butting heads as Liam tried to convince this woman that he really wasn't trying to drag her back to faerie -- but the concept never quite fit into any game I was running, and so I wrote it into a novel instead.

Obviously, the original concept changed a little bit along the way. ;)

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