Trove [NOOK Book]

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Sixty-five year old Luna Belle Black’s coming-of-age story is an artfully woven mixture of Southern comedy, tragedy, and love. When the widow of Blackbeard's heir finds herself unprepared to deal with his three hundred year old estate, ancient trusts quickly unravel, leaving her exposed with nothing but a haunting curse and a band of mutineers intent on her demise.

In her world of vast riches, power, and deception, Luna Belle must navigate ...
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Overview

Sixty-five year old Luna Belle Black’s coming-of-age story is an artfully woven mixture of Southern comedy, tragedy, and love. When the widow of Blackbeard's heir finds herself unprepared to deal with his three hundred year old estate, ancient trusts quickly unravel, leaving her exposed with nothing but a haunting curse and a band of mutineers intent on her demise.

In her world of vast riches, power, and deception, Luna Belle must navigate murky waters of modern piracy on a secreted Georgia coastal island, while fighting for her fortune, her sanity, and her life.

David McGukin's unforgettable debut novel will leave you laughing one minute and crying the next.
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Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940015471489
  • Publisher: Thirteenth Colony Publications
  • Publication date: 8/20/2012
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 465
  • Sales rank: 1,164,298
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

After forty years of designing homes, gardens, theatrical productions, and everything in between, painter, sculptor, and classically trained opera singer, David McGukin retired and started a new adventure utilizing his life long love of story telling. The West Georgia native's Southern roots and professional background shine in his debut novel, Trove.

Formally educated at Lipscomb University, University of West Georgia, and Florida State University, David considers his real education in storytelling to have come from youth through his extended family. Fortunate enough to have been born into a clan who still cherished the idea of spinning yarns, David has heard these treasured tales since his birth in West Georgia. Characters and situations inspired by people and places from these stories saturate his work with sights, sounds, and happenings brought from real life experiences.

Now retired from a very public life, David McGukin lives once again in West Georgia near family. Blessed with two daughters, their husbands and four grandchildren, David, his wife, Ardoth and his parents still enjoy the old family tradition of passing tales through the generations.
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  • Posted October 9, 2012

    Steel Magnolias meets The Godfather

    There's an old saying, "Where there's a will, there's a relative." In Trove, the relatives just happen to be descendants of notorious 18th century pirate, Blackbeard.

    Now if you're thinking this is starting to sound like Pirates of the Caribbean, think again. While every bit as engaging, this Southern yarn takes on new ground as part-thriller, part-drama, with some of the funniest scenes you'll ever read mixed in for good measure.

    In Trove, David McGukin has created a world unto itself, where secrets run deep and old alliances run amok. While billed as a coming-of-age story, at sixty-five, the flamboyant Luna Belle Black is a late-bloomer. This only throws gas on the fire as you go along with Luna Belle on the ride of her life.

    With characters as enchanting as the scenery, and plot as thick as shrimp & grits, David McGukin's first-time novel delivers a story of unfathomable riches and unmatched soul.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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