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Rita Royale

by

Terry Anderson

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, locales, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright 2012, by Terry Anderson. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-0787-6

Author’s note:

The character, Rita Royale, is loosely based on the mannerisms and physical appearance of an American woman I knew while living in Victoria and while still in my twenties. A friend. A few years older than myself. A beautiful green-eyed California blonde who always turned heads whenever she entered a room. A woman who, to this day, I still think of as a true Libertine, though not in the dissolute way the word is often framed. Perhaps free spirit is a better choice of words. Maybe a combination of both. A woman who had a real effect on my life.

I hadn’t thought about this woman in years, people drift, lose touch. As I was reading some of my favorite blogs early one morning, the pages full of articles about Sharia law, honor killings, the killing of gays and lesbians under Islamic law, the stoning’s, beheadings, and on and on it went, I could suddenly hear my old friend’s voice telling me exactly what she would think of Sharia. An image of her came to me, standing firm, hands on her hips, head tilted slightly, shooting me her serious look.

More than a few times during the writing of ‘Rita Royale’ I wondered what I had fallen into. Suddenly I was back face to face with a woman I once loved. Still, the words and ideas kept coming from somewhere, don’t ask me where, elves maybe, and I kept typing. I do hope I’ve succeeded in creating an interesting and thought provoking story centered around a freedom-loving woman named, Rita Royale.