0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} In the inevitable search for love there are many land mines but dodging them is half the fun and that’s the secret of my stories.  In my travels there’s been many unexpected and amazing things and the memories of those are only the beginning of the fictional adventure.  From earthquakes in Hawaii to being chased by enraged water carriers in Morocco to deep sea fishing trip gone slightly askew in Venezuela, it all happened.  While not all and even not most of my trips have been earth shaking adventures they still have been incredible vignettes into another world.    The scenes of foreign lands play vividly through my mind long after I return home.  And it is these scenes where my hapless characters land but soon it is not them but me who is hapless as they lead me through adventure after adventure.  From another country to another era – the world is full of the unique and the unusual and it is a joy to find it, live it and write about it.     Follow the adventure on my blog Passport to Romance:  www.ryshia.blogspot.com Want more?  It’s not just a love story and I’ll prove it at:  www.ryshiakennie.com