Pirates, Legends and Rubies

Finding a body in a diaphanous gown with flowing blonde hair and a bouquet of flowers in her hands is not what one expects on her day off. Maisie Swenson is the manager of the Oceanside Hotel in Florida in Cee Cee James' Deadly Reservation.

On her day off Maisie decides to visit a old church mentioned by local tour guides. Her assistant Clarissa tells her the church is haunted. Legend has it a pirate named Tom Bones and his beautiful lady Lucinda Longwood were cursed by her family and we never allowed to be together. That only piques her interest; you see Maisie is a mystery writer in her free time.

As paramedics retrieve the body from the rock near the banks of the lake, one of them shouts, "She is alive." Relieved, Maisie returns to the hotel hoping to hear the rest of the tragic love story. Before she can hear any more of the legend, she receives another emergency call from her staff about an unconscious guest in a hotel room.

Just like the young woman on the rock, he shows no outward signs of what happened or what

caused him to fall into unconsciousness. When a connection is made between the two patients, it is discovered they are star-crossed lovers from two feuding families. William Clarke, Natalie Fairchild and the legendary ruby necklace.

Maisie visits both patients at the hospital, but their conditions have not changed. As she is leaving the hospital, she swears she sees William in the elevator. When she peeks into his room, he is peacefully lying in bed, still unconscious.

Is the legend of Captain Bones causing Maisie's imagination to run wild or is it something else?

The Oceanside Hotel Mystery Series books are fun reads, filled with Maisie's eccentric Pinterest-obsessed mother, the handsome brother of the hotel owner and a hostile front desk clerk, plus the mystery.

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