

Award winning author
Joanna Emerson
THE BOOKS
Steampunk, historical, and mafia romance

Colby's Sapphire
Serious and introverted Colby Woodsman has enough on his mind. He doesn’t have time or emotional energy to deal with a feisty practical jokester of an environmentalist, adorable and flirty as she may be. If he offers her hospitality, he’ll be able to protect Thea Gavalos from the more aggressive neighbors in Halden, Idaho. But is he prepared to deal with whatever made her and 6 friends run scared from their East Coast home?
Thea’s sure a stay with the Woodsmans will not help her see Colby as anything but a tree-killer. But he’s nowhere near as evil as Daddy. Is Thea ready to do what she knows she must? And who on earth will help her take on the Mafia?

Based on a true story:
May 1862
It’s the height of the Civil War.
He wants to escape from slavery, but not without his wife Hannah, their children, and nine of their friends.
It means sailing through the dark of night through a mine-ridden harbor past five Confederate checkpoints.
And if this doesn’t work, he’ll have to blow up the whole gunboat with everyone still on board.
This is the story of Robert Smalls
Hannah’s Civil Pirate