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Feisty Deeds

I’m thrilled to announce that my short story, “Ricochet”, is included in the anthology Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women. “Ricochet” is the story of a woman, suddenly confronted by her past, who must decide between being exposed or saving the life of an innocent girl.

Even when time periods and geographical locations vary greatly, women’s struggles as they confront adversity are often remarkably universal. The 23 stories in this collection follow ordinary women from the 1470s to the 1960s as they rise to meet life’s challenges.

Foreign invasions, the outbreak of war, rigid domestic authority, strictures of society and religion, the supernatural, love and family bonds all serve as catalysts for the feisty deeds of the women in these tales.”

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The Isle of Devils

Traveling aboard the Sea Venture, the flagship of the Third Supply dispatched to the frontier settlement of Jamestowne, sixteen-year-old Alice Gilliam and her parents plan to secure their financial futures. When the ship encounters a hurricane and wrecks on Bermuda, known as the Isle of Devils, the castaways must learn to work together if they are to complete their mission to Jamestowne. But once on the island, allegiances shift and secrets become weapons. Witnessing mutinies, murders, and an execution, Alice learns how quickly power corrupts. If she is ever to see Jamestowne, surviving the island—and the inhabitants—becomes her new mission. An edgy, haunting, and yet factual retelling of early America’s colonial exploration that doesn’t shy away from unhappy endings, The Isle of Devils is the story of one of history’s little-known events.