Author Notes

Ransom & Fortune began as a serial in 2004 when I decided I wanted to write a time travel. That’s all I knew at the time. The title characters, Skye Ransom and Dane Fortune, came about in an unusual way – they were all baby names considered before my son was born (and he doesn’t bear any of these names!).

I always wanted a character named Skye, and the original version of the serial was The Adventures of Skye Ransom, but I thought that sounded pretty boring so I threw in a hit man for good measure. And then I asked myself, “What if that hit man followed her back in time to carry out his hit?” Figuring out the logistics from there was difficult, but I managed and that’s when The Adventures of Ransom & Fortune was born.

Skye and Dane are the only two recurring characters and carry the story. I wondered – what would you do if you were stuck in the past and there was a hit man on your tail? But the kicker was – the hit man really didn’t want to kill her. Instead, he fell in love with her.

I hope you enjoy reading The Adventures of Ransom & Fortune as much as I’ve enjoyed writing their journey.