Neverland for mature readers
Novelist re-imagines Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys.
The Hook & Jill saga, by award-winning author Andrea Jones, invites adult readers to return to J.M. Barrie’s Neverland. Here, a growing Wendy strives to protect Peter Pan and the Lost Boys from the island’s hazards. The stories she spins to entertain the boys start coming true -- and the masterful Captain Hook uses his charms to manipulate the maturing and alluring Wendy (or is it the other way around?).
Over the span of four novels, Andrea takes readers on a thought-provoking journey filled with ocean adventures, brazen antagonists, and Wendy’s deepening entanglement with the swashbuckling Hook.
Book 1, Hook & Jill, won the Gold Medallion for Adult Fiction and Literature from Mom’s Choice Awards, plus Best New Fiction and Best Cover Design from the International Book Awards. The subsequent books -- Other Oceans, Other Islands, and The Wider World -- received rave reviews from fans of pirate fantasy, and the Next Generation Indie Book Award for a Fiction Series. I should note a fifth book in the Hook & Jill Saga is forthcoming.
Holiday shoppers are sure to know readers who’d love to receive an adult parody of Barrie’s classic, Peter and Wendy. And speaking of, I’d be remiss if I failed to mention Andrea’s loving restoration of Peter and Wendy: The Restored Text, published by The Reginetta Press.
You can meet Andrea in person at renaissance fairs, steampunk fairs, and pirate gatherings. She’ll also have a table filled with her books at the Imaginarium Convention, July 17-19, at the Holiday Inn Louisville East in Kentucky. Look for her in Main Expo.
Andrea also leads a workshop called “Penning sex scenes: Doing it write,” and it’s looking like she'll present this at the Imaginarium. I’ll have more details in a future post.
Andrea’s busy touring schedule limits her availability for interviews. But if you want her as a guest for your podcast, or as a presenter, I’ll be happy to connect you. Just message me.
Dan K