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Inside the Starter Library
Start here: A Half Flower — Chapter One
Meet Balzac Voclain in 1816 France before his journey carries him toward 1820s Hawaiʻi.
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For readers who want more than a backdrop
If you love historical fiction because you want to disappear into another world—not simply be told what happened there—the Starter Library is for you.
The stories move through early nineteenth-century Hawaiʻi, France, New Orleans, and the Gulf, where medicine, religion, race, class, politics, love, and ideas of freedom could look very different from our own.
Hi, I’m Mirà.
I write immersive historical fiction built from research, sensory detail, and the strange realities of the early nineteenth century.
I’m interested in people caught between worlds: between cultures, beliefs, loyalties, respectability and crime—and in the historical details that make those conflicts feel lived rather than explained.
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“It felt like I was truly immersed.”
— Natalie, Goodreads · A Half Flower
“The worldbuilding … is absolutely incredible.”
— Lily, Goodreads · A Half Flower
“… sucked me in from the start.”
— Jessica J. · A Half Flower
New orleans, 1812.
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.
You love history. I write it alive.
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