When Kathe and I first began plotting “Destined Passage,” we knew that we needed a whole different story and a totally different type of hero and heroine. Since we wanted the new characters to eventually meet up with the old ones, though, we knew the time periods had to be virtually the same. Therefore, it was decided to put “Destined” in the post Civil War era…and to make white slavery the main plot. The heroine, Brittany Cavanaugh, had to make the spunky Kristie Somers from “Charmed” look like a baby in comparison. Likewise, the hero had to be a notch up from Eric Langston. Well, Jacques Devereaux ended up being a foot or two above Eric in character. He's a pirate, in every sense of the word…and he captains a white slavery ship that transports kidnapped women to an island off the coast of Florida, where they'll be sold. Add Clay Gentry, a southern gentleman, to the mix and poor Brittany is torn--and more than a little confused--when she ends up sleeping with both men. (The reasons behind her decision are crucial to the plot of the story, so I won't reveal them here.) This story was just plain fun to write. Kathe and I knew that each successive story in the saga had be better than the last and the characters in “Destined Passage” made it easy. Of course, it doesn't hurt that readers will see Eric and Kristie again by the end of the book!