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BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI
Sophie Jacobs is an unwed mother-to-be, turned out by her family into a snowstorm in December 1804. Her only desire is to find a safe haven in which to bear her child, but when she meets Rose, an escaped slave who is on the run from her cruel master, Sophie can’t turn her back on the Rose’s situation. As they flee west from the law, their adventures lead them to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. After bribing their way onto the Expedition, they embark on both an arduous physical journey involving harsh landscapes, raging rivers, and near starvation, and individual journeys of self-discovery. For Sophie, the expedition is a discovery of the strength within herself that she never knew she had. For Rose, the quest to the Pacific is a quest for freedom, in both body and mind. Together, they learn to trust one another and treasure the hard-won friendship that grows between them.
This novel is available for publication. Please contact my agent, Irene Goodman, for a manuscript.
NANTUCKET
Kalea is a Hawaiian girl who dreams of adventures far beyond the Port of Lahaina. Those dreams seem to come true when Rafe, the Captain of a Nantucket whaling ship, carries her back to that Atlantic isle to be his wife. But life is not easy on Nantucket; Kalea's mother-in-law barely speaks to her, the other islanders treat her like a savage, and within months of her arrival Rafe sails off on another whaling expedition, leaving her to contend with Nantucket life alone.
When word comes back to the island that Rafe's ship has gone down, everyone gives up Rafe and his crew for dead. But Kalea knows, deep in her bones, that he is still alive, shipwrecked and lost somewhere in the wide, wide ocean. She gathers together her own rescue mission, her crew comprised of the other widows of Rafe's ship. In the dead of night they sail away to find their men, and Kalea embarks on an adventure beyond anything she ever dreamed.
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