Characters & Character Spotlights | Author Christopher Mirabile

A beautiful Cape Cod estate with a brick sidwalk lined by hydrangea bushes in full bloom.

Washashore Excerpt—Wren’s Upbringing

by Christopher Mirabile | Jan 15, 2026 | Characters & Character Spotlights

Introduction Once people learn a bit about Silas (e.g. why his character was created, and what his upbringing was like), they invariably want to know why this calloused, plainspoken horseman picked the daughter of one of New England’s oldest and wealthiest...

Washashore Excerpt—Silas’s Upbringing

by Christopher Mirabile | Jan 15, 2026 | Characters & Character Spotlights

Introduction Everyone I speak to about the books is fascinated by the background of this mystery cowboy Silas Lopez. Nobody explains it better than Silas himself, so I am sharing an excerpt from book one, The Washashore, in which Wren Bradfrord manages to draw a...