The Brides of Rollrock Island (36 page)

I thank Keith Stevenson for inviting me to write a story for his novellanthology
X6
(coeur de lion, 2009).
Sea-Hearts
, the novella, was the result.

Dani Napton and Jill Grinberg, thank you for initial encouragement to extend the story, and Jodie Webster, Rosalind Price, Bella Pearson, Nancy Siscoe, Simon Mason and Linda Sargent, thank you for advice during the writing, which helped the novel find its final form.