Saturday, March 27, 2010

We both read a great book: "Receive Me Falling"

During my(Rob's) first book signing at Barnes and Noble in Annapolis, I sat with 11 other local authors. Erika Robuck sat on one side of me and she wrote a book called "Receive Me Falling." We swapped books, and both Tom and I read Erika's novel- and we BOTH highly recommend it! We both loved the story and the characters. Of course, the ghost part appealed to me, too. I told Erica in an email that I really felt the emotions that both lead characters, Catherine in the 1800s, and Meg in the present day, were experiencing. Erika crafted a great story that goes between the two characters and time periods on a sugar plantation on a Caribbean Island.

SUMMARY:
Every slave story is a ghost story. The haunting words of an historian and former cane worker on the Caribbean island of Nevis launch Meghan Owen on her quest to unlock the secrets of an abandoned sugar plantation and its ghosts. After Meg's parents die in a car accident on the night of her engagement party, she calls off her wedding, takes leave of her job in Annapolis, and travels to land she's inherited on Nevis. A series of discoveries in an old plantation house on the property, Eden, set her on a search for the truth surrounding the shameful past of her ancestors, their slaves, and the tragedy that resulted in the fall of the plantation and its inhabitants. Through a crushing phone call with her lawyer, Meg learns that her father's estate was built on stolen money, and is being sued by multiple sources. She is faced with having to sell the land and plantation home, and deal with the betrayal she feels from her deceased father. In alternating chapters, the historical drama of the Dall family unfolds. Upon the arrival of British abolitionists to the hedonistic 19th century plantation society, Catherine Dall is forced to choose between her lifestyle and the scandal of deserting her family. An angry confrontation with Catherine's slave, Leah, results in the girl's death, but was it murder or suicide? Hidden texts, scandalous diaries, antique paintings, and confessional letters help Meghan Owen uncover the secrets of Eden and put the ghosts to rest. AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Receive-Me-Falling-Erika-Robuck/dp/0982229801/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269734514&sr=1-1

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I'm a simple guy who enjoys the simple things in life, especially our dogs. I volunteer for dog rescues, enjoy exercising, blogging, politics, helping friends and neighbors, participating in ghost investigations, coffee, weather, superheroes, comic books, mystery novels, traveling, 70s and 80s music, classic country music,writing books on ghosts and spirits, cooking simply and keeping in shape. You'll find tidbits of all of these things on this blog and more. EMAIL me at Rgutro@gmail.com - Rob

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