Preview – An Exchange of Two Flowers

I’m so excited to be a part of Arbor Tea’s Summer Reading Series!  My serial novella “An Exchange of Two Flowers” will debut on June 21.  But in the meantime, here’s a first look at this story of two men, and two cultures caught in a struggle that will reshape far more than their two worlds… PART ONE – THE OPENING SALVO

March 9, 1839
The Foreigners Factories
Canton, Guangdong Province, China

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“Superintendant!” Emile Johnston burst into Elliot’s dim office. “You’re needed!”

Charles Ellio...