Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, inhabited Western North Carolina for thousands of years prior to white settlement. Legend has it that the name Dry Ridge derived from what the natives called the area. When Michael Montraville Weaver provided the land in the 1870s, Weaversville was born. The name was changed to Weaverville a few years later. In the time since, Weaverville has slowly grown. It now offers a quaint and historic downtown, along with substantial newer commercial deve...

Cal's a hapless watchmaker. Marina's a beautiful scuba instructor. They were friends as kids. Now, not so much. Together they'll solve the secret of Rosalita Flats. If the sharks don't get them first.The Secret of Rosalita Flats is the story of a man trying to unload the football-shaped house he inherited, while dodging the backwater Blacktip Island's quirky collection of con artists, smugglers and other ne'er-do-wells: an ornery housekeeper who refuses to be fired, a rum-soaked at...

Quit your job. Escape to the Caribbean. Build a dream life in paradise. If paradise will let you.Wally Breight's a miserable-in-his-job P.R. executive who dreams of escaping to happily-ever-after in the Caribbean. When he stumbles across a run-down scuba diving operation for sale on Blacktip Island, he snaps it up and settles into paradise. But paradise has other ideas. His dive boat's a lemon. His business partner proves the age of piracy isn't dead. Scuba guests are scarce. And a...

Inadvertent embezzler Blake Calloway high-tails it to the Caribbean, a step ahead of the Feds and desperate to restart life as an anonymous divemaster in a tropical paradise. On Blacktip Island, though, Blake quickly discovers "tropics" doesn't mean "paradise," and rookie boat hands stick out like a reef at low tide.The locals are quirky: a landlord who swears he's Fletcher Christian reincarnated, a boss who likes fish better than people, a sloshed resort manager with a sex-crazed ...

ke's new girlfriend is a bit eccentric. Or she could be an island spirit set on turning him into a giant crab. Either way, his friends have to get him away from Victoria before they lose him forever. Problem is, Victoria's wise to them and is having none of it.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-winning novelist Tim W. JacksonA Tale From Blacktip Island by award-winning novelist Tim W. Jackson

Cody and Diane grew up best friends on Haulover Key. It was only natural they'd fall in love. Then Diane found her dream job on the opposite side of the globe. After two years of waiting, Cody's packed to move to the Caribbean when Diane returns, Hurricane Sophie on her heels. Will love prevail, or will Cody and Diane chase separate dreams?A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson

Angela sees nothing to live for after the love of her life high-tails it to Cuba with her life's savings. Then, on a solo scuba dive she doesn't plan on coming back from, a chance encounter changes her mind.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson

Jack and Joey are best buds . . . until they both fall for Chrissy. Then betrayal assumes a friend's smile on a tropical island where friendship is fleeting and the truth depends on who's telling the story.Also included is the short-short story The Gulf: Who are you when the thing you've prepped for hits and you react in a way you never dreamed? A way you despise?Two Tales From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson.

A USA Book News Best Books Award finalist in literary fiction.Haunted by his mother's sudden death when he was young, Ben Gates spends his life trying to be a hero, but can never seem to get it right. When wildfires rage through the Everglades, destroying natural habitat and creeping closer to town, folks around Cypress City suspect somebody's lighting them. Ben, now an idealistic park ranger, believes he's the man to find the arsonist. Trouble is, folks also suspect he might be th...

Cyrus fled to Blacktip Island after betraying everyone he loved. Alone on his hilltop he found peace. Until his past came looking for him. Now he's fighting off investigators and a flood of memories, trying to buy enough time to finish his boat and sail away.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson.

Caribbean dive guide Gage Hoase woos and wins a beautiful dive guest, then sends her packing. All is good until Gabi returns, with happily-ever-after in mind. Now Gage has to figure a way to let her down gently before she offs him in his sleep.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson

A short story. Jim is a coastal fisherman from a long line of lobster fishermen. He met the love of his life late in life and their time together was brief but powerful. Despite having a heart conditon, Jim takes his boat out on his own, looking for one more prize from the ocean depths. He thinks back over life and time spent with his beloved Miranda, who has been gone for a long time. Jim thinks he can hear something and see someone on the rocks near his jetty and he makes his way towards...