A swashbuckler set in the West Indies of the early 19th Century, THE WITCH FROM THE SEA is a love story, a coming-of-age adventure and an eccentric comedy of manners about a woman who runs with the pirates to free herself from the conventional "rules" of gender, race and class.

Tory Lightfoot, an orphan of mixed white and Mohawk blood, flees the stifling gentility of 1823 Boston for the freedom of the open sea. But the merchant ship on which she stows away is boarded by pirates off the coast of Cuba, and Tory is forced to join the pirate crew to save her life. Making herself useful as both log-keeper and spy, she begins to earn a measure of the independence she craves. But fate, fever and the relentless U. S. Navy West Indian Squadron close in, and Tory must risk her hard-won freedom to save the man she loves.
"I highly recommend this book to any lover of historical fiction."
— The Historical Novel Society Review
"The Witch From The Sea is that rare creation, an historical romance with guts as well as glamour. Wild-spirited Tory is an irresistible character."
— Nautical historian Joan Druett (She-Captains; Hen Frigates)
"I am in love with this book. A+."
— Reading Rocks / YA Fiction Review

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

THE BLOG (HOP) GOES ON!

I'm thrilled today to join the den of thieves over at Rogue's Nest to blather on about the art of writing pirate fiction, as part of our ongoing Here There Be Pirates Blog Hop.

And btw, isn't this a cool thing? It's my own personal pirate flag, designed by J. M. Aucoin, admiral of our buccaneer brigade on the Here There Be Pirated Blog Hop. 

Pirates of old liked to feature the tools of their trade on their flags, so I thought a quill pen would be atmospheric—dripping blood!
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