Notes from the author
The Logbook
Seaplanes, salt air, island life, and the long road to writing a first book.
BEHIND THE BOOK
The morning on the dock that started it all
Every story has a first image. For Island Breeze Trading Company, it was a boy, a pier, and a seaplane riding the swell.
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THE ISLANDS
Why the Caribbean became Jack's home
The water, the people, and the pace of life that pulled the story south.
PUBLISHING
Writing a first book after a lifetime of stories
What it took to get Jack's journey from notebooks onto the page.
FLIGHT
A short love letter to the seaplane
Pontoons, radial engines, and the romance of landing on water.