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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Fire Sword and Sea with Vanessa Riley
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable experience as we chat with Vaness
 a Riley about her newest book\, Fire Sword and Sea\, based on the folk sto
 ry of the female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye..\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libn
 et.info/event/15211270
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Caribbean Sea\, 1675. Jacquotte Delaha
 ye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of T
 ortuga. Instead of marriage\, Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers an
 d smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around
  Tortuga. In Haiti she becomes Jacques\, a dockworker\, earning the respec
 t of those around her while hiding her gender.</p>\n<p>Jacquotte discovers
  that secret identities are fairly common in the chaotic world of seafarin
 g\, which is full of outsiders and misfits. As Jacques\, Jacquotte falls i
 n love with Lizz&ocirc\;a d'Erville\, a beautiful courtesan who deals in s
 ecrets and sex. While others see their work clothes as a disguise\, Lizz&o
 circ\;a&rsquo\;s true self is as a woman.</p>\n<p>For the next twenty year
 s\, Jacquotte raids the Caribbean\, making enemies and amassing a fortune 
 in stolen gold. When her fellow pirates decide to increase their profits b
 y entering the slave trade\, Jacquotte turns away from piracy and the purs
 uit of riches. Risking her life in one deadly skirmish after another\, she
  instead begins to plot a war of liberation.</p>\n<p>Don&rsquo\;t miss out
  on this exciting discussion! Register now to embark on a seafaring journe
 y of self discovery and reclamation of personal power.</p>\n<p>About the A
 uthor: Vanessa Riley is an award-winning author and proud recipient of the
  2024 Georgia Mystery/Detective Fiction Author of the Year. She writes Sag
 as and Book Club Fiction that brings to life the hidden narratives of Blac
 k women and women of color in novels like&nbsp\;Island Queen&nbsp\;and&nbs
 p\;Queen of Exiles. Her stories celebrate strong sisterhoods\, diverse com
 munities\, and resilience across historical fiction\, romance\, and myster
 y genres.Her work has been featured in the&nbsp\;Atlanta Journal-Constitut
 ion\, Washington Post\, Entertainment Weekly\,&nbsp\;NPR\, Publishers Week
 ly\, and&nbsp\;The New York Times.</p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.inf
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