If you are looking for fantastical tales of dragons or sorcerers, high school kids who have magic powers, or whose boyfriend is
a vampire then the adventures of Natalie Brennan is not your kind of story. Sorry. If however, you enjoy stories of adventure and
peril, of fighting against the odds and learning to stand on one's own two feet, then you might be in the right place, because
Natalie's Good Fortune and the books that follow are just those types of tales.
I’ve always had a fascination with pirates; those swashbuckling rogues of the Golden Age of Piracy, with ideals borne early in
life mostly through books and films like Blackbeard’s Ghost, Peter Pan, and The Sea Hawk. In 1999 I took my wife and kids to
the Outer Banks Islands in North Carolina, to the Ocracoke area which is reputed to have been visited often by the pirate
Blackbeard, and too, the place where the notorious pirate was killed. Walking the beaches and visiting sites like the British
Cemetery and the Ocracoke Light, quite literally, the story came to me on the wind; images of pirate attacks and sea battles filled
my head. As for the character of Natalie; I have always held an appreciation for the strength and courage of women in history.
With my father on the road trying to provide sustenance for the family, I grew up believing that it was the women … the mothers
who tended to their children; nurturing and protecting them, teaching them how to live and love. It was my older sister who
taught me to fight, pretty much by beating up on me every couple of days until I learned to fight back. Also, the stories of what my
grandmothers went through in the hills of Kentucky. These were extremely tough and wise women. Men really don’t give women
enough credit for their courage and fortitude, and although I have long known of the exploits of those infamous pirates Mary
Read and Anne Bonny, there are still people who believe there were no women pirates. In this book I’ve combined my
fascination with the Golden Age of Piracy with my appreciation of the ‘fairer’ sex, and tried to add a dash of personality from
every woman I have ever known into the characters of Natalie Brennan Satterfield and the women she encounters; mothers,
wives, and daughters.
These stories are also rich in history and pirate lore. Whenever possible I have woven true accounts of pirate exploits, of
political maneuvering, and of the general beliefs of the time into the text.
a vampire then the adventures of Natalie Brennan is not your kind of story. Sorry. If however, you enjoy stories of adventure and
peril, of fighting against the odds and learning to stand on one's own two feet, then you might be in the right place, because
Natalie's Good Fortune and the books that follow are just those types of tales.
I’ve always had a fascination with pirates; those swashbuckling rogues of the Golden Age of Piracy, with ideals borne early in
life mostly through books and films like Blackbeard’s Ghost, Peter Pan, and The Sea Hawk. In 1999 I took my wife and kids to
the Outer Banks Islands in North Carolina, to the Ocracoke area which is reputed to have been visited often by the pirate
Blackbeard, and too, the place where the notorious pirate was killed. Walking the beaches and visiting sites like the British
Cemetery and the Ocracoke Light, quite literally, the story came to me on the wind; images of pirate attacks and sea battles filled
my head. As for the character of Natalie; I have always held an appreciation for the strength and courage of women in history.
With my father on the road trying to provide sustenance for the family, I grew up believing that it was the women … the mothers
who tended to their children; nurturing and protecting them, teaching them how to live and love. It was my older sister who
taught me to fight, pretty much by beating up on me every couple of days until I learned to fight back. Also, the stories of what my
grandmothers went through in the hills of Kentucky. These were extremely tough and wise women. Men really don’t give women
enough credit for their courage and fortitude, and although I have long known of the exploits of those infamous pirates Mary
Read and Anne Bonny, there are still people who believe there were no women pirates. In this book I’ve combined my
fascination with the Golden Age of Piracy with my appreciation of the ‘fairer’ sex, and tried to add a dash of personality from
every woman I have ever known into the characters of Natalie Brennan Satterfield and the women she encounters; mothers,
wives, and daughters.
These stories are also rich in history and pirate lore. Whenever possible I have woven true accounts of pirate exploits, of
political maneuvering, and of the general beliefs of the time into the text.