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Step into 1820s New Orleans and Hawai‘i — where real pirates, forbidden medicine, and impossible love collide.
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What You’ll Get
Historical Maps: Laffite’s smuggling routes (from The Pirates Laffite) + the New Orleans plan used in my drafts—great companions for The Adventuress and The Ocean’s Calling.
Free First Chapters (3): The Ocean’s Calling (WIP), A Half Flower, The Adventuress. Start where you like.
Character Guides: Meet Cosma Drilo, Jean Laffite, Balzac Voclain, and more—quick bios, story roles, and art.
Hi! I’m Mirà Kanehl, historical-fiction author and literary critic.
My stories blend real archives, sensory detail, and the dangerous beauty of the early 1800s — from the banquettes of New Orleans to the volcanic shores of Hawai‘i.
Every scene is grounded in truth; every character walks the blurred line between virtue and crime.
What Readers Say
★★★★★ “What an engaging author! Her depictions of the characters are spot on. At times, writers can only sympathetically portray characters of their own sex. Not so with Mira Kanehl, she is gifted in the art of exposing her characters personalities so well, that I feel as if I have personally become acquainted with them. These characters were real, and she did her research to portray them as to who they were in real life. To me, the story line was incidental to my enjoyment of the skillful writing. I felt like I was watching a good old B&W 1940s movie. I think she had fun writing it; I know I enjoyed reading it.” – PAR on Goodreads
★★★★★ “I have always been a big fan of adventure books and historical fiction, so this book made me really happy! …” – Erin on Goodreads
“… sucked me in from the start.” — Jessica J.
New orleans, 1812. A seamstress makes a life-changing discovery inside one of her clients’ hidden pocket she’s to repair, and must make a choice.
Earthquakes that changed the course of the Mississippi, created a lake, and swallowed entire communities in 1811/1812, slave uprising in 1811 (German Coast), and impeding war make knowledge of the Mississippi worth more than gold. Dive into The Mississippi Map series. Coming soon.
You love history. I write it alive.
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