What if you lost everything?Honolulu, 1827Delmar Lecuyer flees across the South Pacific, one heart-racing knot ahead of the law. At twenty-one, he's an outlaw - for a crime he didn't commit - instead of following his surgeon career. As the tormenting clutches of France dissolve in the wind, he reaches Honolulu in hope of a new life. When the monarchy refuses the French disembarking for being Catholics, Delmar is devastated. Then, by a stroke of luck, he's called before Her Majesty. Will he win the gamble with fate to ensure his stay?Her Majesty's Quill is the first book in a historical fiction and magical realism series Naupaka that features an array of intercultural and compelling characters - from the surgeon protagonist to women pirates and Hawaiian magicians - that meet in a sizzling, historical context. Exotic locales, cringe-worthy explorations of early 19th-century medicine, and engaging, subtle fantasy.