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The novel originated as an Internet drama called Blossom Lake, serialized in eight parts during the summer of 2002. I set out to write an entertaining tale of passion and intrigue, flavored with orange juice. While the little town may have some similarities to places drawn from fond memories of growing up in Polk County Florida, the characters and events are strictly from imagination.
Several readers who followed the saga, faithfully, encouraged me to write the novel. Well, I decided to do just that last July. Since the story takes place during August, while Congressman Whittemore is running for reelection, it only seemed logical to set the adaptation during the heated political summer of 2004.
In the original version, much of the action takes place during a hurricane that was to some extent modeled after Hurricane Donna, which came through Central Florida in 1960. I was born in Lake Wales; my earliest memory is that storm. In my story the hurricane comes ashore around Ft. Myers and exits the state at Daytona Beach. So try to imagine my shock and disbelief while writing the novel, suddenly watching the approach of Hurricane Charley. This was the storm described in Blossom Lake. I was stunned by the similarities.
