Today is Bastille Day, a lovely opportunity to salute the French by having a nice glass of wine, a bit of cheese and a baguette. In honor of the day I'm posting a snippet from my WIP, Castaway Dreams . If you've read Sea Change (and if you haven't, get yourself to your favorite bookseller and buy it!), then you know who Alexander Murray is. He's the hero of Castaway Dreams , and the villain is a pirate named Robert St. Armand. St. Armand has designs on the heroine as this conversation between St. Armand and the mate illustrates. So why this snippet on Bastille Day? St. Armand may--or may not--be a Frenchman: CASTAWAY DREAMS “‘Daffy Daphne’ was the topic of choice in many a club and drawing room, for you seldom see looks like that combined with money.” “A lot of money?” “Oh yes, enough to keep a man happy for many, many years. And what impressionable young woman is not in love with the idea of a bold buccaneer? A voyage across the ocean i...
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