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Dena Hankins

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December 01

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Captain Dena Hankins writes aboard her sailboat, preferably in a quiet anchorage. She spent eight years as a sex educator, soaking up the most stimulating stories of human sexuality, and is honored to provide some tales in return. She is a queer, poly, kinky, adventurous sailor with so much left to learn!

Being a military brat, wanderlust is deep in her, and she has been sailing since 1999, covering waters from Seattle to San Francisco, across to Hawaii, and from North Carolina to Maine. Whether traveling in the physical world or ranging far in her imagination, she is happiest accompanied by her partner since 1996, James Lane.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 424 ratings · 110 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Blue Water Dreams 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart of the Liliko'i 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lysistrata Cove 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathless (Seven Erotic Nights - Diary Book 1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Four Months Later…

The night before departure, we forgot it was Valentine’s Day so we just strolled right by the couples waiting for tables

We left Esperanza, on Isla de Viequez (one of Puerto Rico’s three inhabited islands), at a reasonable hour but the wind remained east and even north of east instead of veering southeasterly and, even worse, it never filled in the way the forecast had, well, forecasted.

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A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty (Narrating Native Histories)

by Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua

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Goodreads Librari...: Add me as contributor of the anthology	3	27	Jan 10, 2014 03:10PM
Read with Pride N...: Floating in Space by Dena Hankins	2	9	Sep 14, 2014 11:51AM
Read with Pride N...: Meet the Authors of GRNW 2014!	9	136	Sep 14, 2014 02:22PM
Read with Pride N...: * GRNW 2014 - Information - REGISTRATION IS OPEN!	20	106	Sep 18, 2014 10:24PM
Read with Pride N...: GRNW 2014 Meet-Up - Introduce Yourselves!	61	73	Sep 19, 2014 12:39PM

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