 The book was inspired by the experience of Canadian country music promoter Elly Armour who contacted Brian Vallée years after her experience living with domestic abuse and her eventual decision to shoot her abusive husband, Vernon Ince.Armour was charged with murder but was acquitted by a jury when her case went to trial.Armour's experience was very similar to that of Jane Hurshman who Vallée wrote about previously in Life with Billy (book).