Barbara's Comments "You all asked for this one. You wrote me in unprecedented numbers, wanting to know more about Poppy Blake, the sister of the protagonist of Lake News— and I thought it would be easy returning to a town I had already built, rather than having to design yet another one from scratch. Was I ever wrong! It was a total challenge making sure that I replicated Lake Henry correctly - because I knew that if there were inconsistencies, you folks would catch them. I had to get names right. I had to get the town center right. I actually found a potential error in the layout of roads as I portrayed them in Lake News. I clarified that in An Accidental Woman. An Accidental Woman is not a sequel. It is set in the same town as Lake News, but it focuses on different people and different events. Much as I love Lake News, it is by no means a prerequisite for your enjoyment of An Accidental Woman."