Tag Archives: Ghosts
Ann Hite. Ghost on Black Mountain. New York: Gallery Books, 2011.
Nellie Clay falls hard for winter-eyed, curly-haired Hobbs Pritchard. In no time at all they are married, paying no heed to Nellie’s mama, who warns that she sees death in her tea leaves. It’s 1939, and despite the Depression that … Continue reading
Nicholas Sparks. The Best of Me. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011.
Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole both live in Oriental, North Carolina, but they might as well be from different planets. Amanda is a daughter of one of the oldest, most respected families in the town, while Dawson’s kin make up … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Pamlico, Romance/Relationship, Sparks, Nicholas
Kat Meads. When the Dust Finally Settles. Spokane, WA: Ravenna Press, 2011.
Clarence Carter died unexpectedly, giggling at the irony of it all, flipped over and pinned under his Oliver tractor on account of a wayward tree stump. Bewildered but rather amused by suddenly finding himself a ghost, he wanders back through … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Currituck, Historical, Meads, Kat, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Carolyn Guy. Autumn Bends the Rebel Tree. Vilas, NC: Canterbury House Publishing, 2011.
Clarinda Darningbush enters the world at the turn of the 19th century, the youngest in a large family rooted in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Absent parents and dangerous surroundings means she grows up quickly, learning from her older siblings how … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Guy, Carolyn, Historical, Mountains, Religious/Inspirational, Watauga
Bruce E. Johnson. An Unexpected Guest. Asheville, NC: Knock on Wood Publications, 2011.
The Pink Lady of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, has mystified guests of the grand hotel for nearly a century. Although visitors over the years have suspected paranormal activity, no one can explain the Pink Lady’s presence. … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Buncombe, Historical, Johnson, Bruce E., Mountains, Mystery
Sarah Addison Allen. The Peach Keeper. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2011.
The restoration of the old Jackson place should not have been anything out of the ordinary, but Walls of Water, North Carolina, is not a typical mountain town. Magic lingers in the air, the result of a dark visitor to … Continue reading
David Saperstein and George Samerjan. A Christmas Passage. New York: Kensington Books, 2008.
When a storm strands passengers in the Atlanta airport on December 24th, several travelers accept a stranger’s offer of a ride to Asheville. As the five adults and two children pile into Lisa Barone’s vintage VW microbus, she promises them … Continue reading
Steven Symes. Shadow House. Morrisville, NC: lulu.com, 2010.
Scott Bennett is suffering. As a hardworking New York lawyer, he put his career ahead of his family. And then his family was gone–killed in a car crash. Scott is consumed with guilt and plagued by nightmares. With little planning, … Continue reading
Ellen Block. The Language of Sand. New York: Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks, 2010.
After losing her husband and young son in a devastating house fire, Abigail Harker’s life changes forever. Everything precious to her has been taken away, and she finds that without her family she cannot resume her life in Boston as … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Block, Ellen, Coast, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Kevin Burton McGuire. Fire Gazer: Arson at the Wolfe House. Asheville, NC: Reminiscing Books, 2009.
It’s the summer of 1998 and newspaper reporter Ben Jennings is assigned to interview a man who claims to have seen ghosts on the grounds of the old Highland Hospital in Asheville. DC is that man. He’s intelligent and provocative … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Buncombe, McGuire, Kevin Burton, Mountains
