About Mirà Kanehl’s books
Historical fiction you can disappear into.
From early nineteenth-century New Orleans to 1820s Hawaiʻi, Mirà Kanehl’s stories follow outsiders caught between cultures, loyalties, beliefs, and changing worlds—where history shapes not only what happens, but what people believe is possible.
New here? Start with A Half Flower.
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Choose your historical world
Naupaka
France and Hawaiʻi · 1816 onward
Historical fiction at the crossroads of medicine, belief, cultural upheaval, and the inexplicable.
Start with: A Half Flower
One Virtue And A Thousand Crimes
New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico · 1812 onward
Smugglers, pirates, revolutionaries, and women fighting for freedom in a world where the line between criminal and respectable is rarely clean.
Start with: The Adventuress
Published books
A Half Flower
Naupaka — Book One
A young surgeon begins seeing things he was never meant to see.
Fleeing political persecution, French surgeon Balzac Voclain crosses the world to 1820s Hawaiʻi—only to enter an island kingdom in upheaval and confront visions medicine cannot explain.
The Adventuress
One Virtue And A Thousand Crimes — Book One
New Orleans, 1813.
Smuggler Jean Laffite has built a profitable life in the shadows—until a mysterious woman begins meddling in both his business and the men trying to destroy it.
In progress
The Ocean’s Calling
One Virtue And A Thousand Crimes — Book Two
Many women of her time want protection or freedom. Cosma wants to be a pirate.
Cosma’s story continues in New Orleans as the pull of the sea, her past, and the approaching war force her toward a life she was never supposed to claim.
Not sure where to begin?
Want the deepest immersion?
Start with A Half Flower.
1820s Hawaiʻi, historical medicine, cultural collision, adventure, and unexplained visions.
Prefer pirates and New Orleans?
Start with The Adventuress.
Smuggling, Jean Laffite, masquerades, danger, and a woman with plans of her own.
Want to sample first?
Get chapters from both worlds plus maps, character guides, and research extras.
History should feel lived, not explained.
Mirà Kanehl writes historical fiction built from research, sensory detail, and complicated human perspectives. Her stories are interested not only in what happened, but in how people living through unfamiliar worlds understood what was happening to them.
Research beneath the story
Primary and contemporary sources help shape the worlds behind the fiction.
Complicated outsiders
Characters rarely fit neatly into one culture, belief, class, or idea of right and wrong.
Atmosphere with consequence
Medicine, religion, politics, food, language, weather, and place affect the story rather than decorate it.
FAQ
Which Mirà Kanehl book should I read first?
If you’re new to Mirà’s fiction, start with A Half Flower. If you prefer pirates, smugglers and early nineteenth-century New Orleans, begin with The Adventuress.
Are the two series connected?
Yes. Characters and events can cross between the worlds, but each series is designed to be readable independently.
Are Mirà Kanehl’s books historically accurate?
Historical research shapes the settings, events and worldviews in Mirà’s fiction, but the books remain novels. Historical facts and fictional characters are combined wherever the story requires imagination.
Are the books suitable for all ages?
Mirà’s books are written for adult readers and may contain violence, sexual material, discrimination, psychological trauma, and other difficult elements appropriate to their historical settings. Individual book pages provide more specific information where relevant.
What is Mirà writing now?
The Ocean’s Calling, the second installment in One Virtue And A Thousand Crimes, is currently in progress.