All the Fun of the Circus - Why Espionage and Femdom Make Such Good Bedfellows
Thank you to everyone who's already bought copies of my latest novel The Honourable Boytoy , and a particular thank you to the couple of readers who reached out to me on Reddit to say thanks and ask questions! One of those questions, I think, deserves a wider answer: How did I get the idea for ‘ The Honourable Boytoy ’? And honestly? It started as a joke. I wrote one line in The Ruritanian Pretender where I was talking about how Ruritania made it through the 20th century. I made the country neutral in the Cold War, gave Klara a line that there were sometimes so many spies in Strakenz that some days felt like “the whole Circus had come to town”. Which, sure, suggests that sudden influx of newcomers in strange attire, perhaps with their own concerns and traditions and language - but also of course The Circus is a key intelligence service in the works of John le Carré. It was just a joke, a throwaway little remark. (And honestly I'm not sure anyone else...