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Castaway on the Isle of Devils

Be careful what you ask for…

1609

Pampered, sixteen-year-old Alice Drinkard craves adventure. When her controlling, debt-ridden parents announce they’ll be sailing to Jamestown to regain their fortune, she’s thrilled to escape England for the New World.

But the journey is perilous, and only two weeks from arrival, the fleet encounters a hurricane. Separated from the other ships, with their vessel taking on water, the survivors land on an uninhabited island sailors call the Isle of Devils. With limited supplies, the castaways must rely on each other for survival.

Then one simple question tears the group apart: Who’s in charge?

As the men battle for control, disputes turn violent. Whispers lead to mutinies… and death. Unlike the quarreling adults, Alice knows the truth about who’s driving the conflict. But will anyone listen to a teenaged girl? Or is everyone’s life in danger?

Castaway on the Isle of Devils is an adventure tale based on the true fate of the Sea Venture, the shipwreck that inspired William Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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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.