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978-0-89587-265-4
0-89587-265-X
$14.95 paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/2
306 pages
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Sea-born Women
Also by B J Mountford:
Bloodlines of
Shackleford Banks
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On North Carolina's Outer
Banks, there is a legend about Sea-born Woman, whose timely birth saved
her Irish emigrant ship from being destroyed by pirates nearly 300 years
ago. The ghost of the Sea-born Woman is said to give aid to sailors
around Portsmouth Island even today.
Roberta "Bert"
Lenehan is a latter-day sea-born woman who comes to the island as a
National Park Service volunteer. Bert is between jobs and lovers, and
she believes that a three-month stint as caretaker of Portsmouth
village--a remote, pristine, picturesque ghost town--is what she needs
to soothe her soul.
She soon learns differently.
One of the previous caretakers died under mysterious circumstances, and
another woman turns up dead on the island shortly after arrival. From
Park Ranger Hunter O'Hagan, she hears rumors of artifact hunters digging
illegally on Portsmouth and learns the story of Hunter's distant
ancestor Jerushia Spriggs O'Hagan, the original Sea-born Woman.
Who is the killer stalking
the island? And what bearing do a murdered pirate and centuries-old
legend have on the crimes? Those are the questions Bert is pressured to
answer as a hurricane bears down on the island and she finds herself the
target of a killer.
about the author
Like the heroine in her novel, B J Mountford has worked as a National
Park volunteer on Portsmouth Island. She lives in North Carolina. This
is her first book. To learn more about BJ Mountfor and Sea-born Women,
check out www.bjmountford.com. |
