The women of Kilbooly realize that they have an abundance of bachelors refusing to marry and decide the best way of convincing them of the error of their ways is a good old-fashioned boycott. To succeed, however, they need to take out the leader, Brian Hanrahan, the village playboy. They're perfect for each other, if you ignore the fact that Tara loathes everything Brian stands for, and Brian hates reporters. But with Brian's gran and a whole village of women determined to see them married off, they don't stand a chance. I don't read novels for inspiration.
Inspiration comes from non-fiction and odd news stories.
MOON opens with an incident drawn from an account of pioneer life in Kansas and also contain a key scene with the grasshopper plague that occurred in Kansas in 1874. I guess that one came from fiction, but only via the movies. I do love to read, though. Favorite romance authors include Laura Kinsale, Susan Wiggs, Nora Roberts, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips. You'll notice there's no literary fiction on this list.