'Unforgivable Love' Resets Steamy 'Dangerous Liaisons' In 1940s Harlem
The retelling of the 1782 French novel has just as much betrayal and bed-hopping as the original, but in a new locale. Author Sophfronia Scott explains why Harlem — and how she writes good sex scenes.
The 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses — a steamy story of aristocrats behaving badly — has been told many times over the centuries in adaptations for the stage and screen. A new retelling, Unforgivable Love, has just as much betrayal and bed-hopping as the original, but in a new setting: glamourous, 1940s Harlem.
Author Sophfronia Scott says she was inspired to set the story in high society Harlem by the story of Madam C.J. Walker
