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Text Box: Read an Except from Peninsula! Text Box: Books by R.C. Shivers I have written 2 books, which ironically are completely different in every way, shape and form. Those who know me are probably not surprised by this at all, considering how diverse my interests are. Here’s a good example for ya…..I am a Nascar loving, NY native who is addicted to the beaches of South Carolina, the crooning of Tony Bennett, the sound of a tricked out Harley, my little dog Mook, the tiny Caribbean Island of Jost VanDyke, Scooby Doo Cartoons and the bad-ass attitude of Lynyrd Skynyrd….. Point being….when you read one of my stories, you never know exactly what you will get! Check out my Southern based Novel The old Grayden House had fallen in the earthquake of 1886, but the two houses that have taken its place overlook Charleston Harbor can’t hide the history that haunts the grounds. Will moved into a house on the old estate grounds, South of Broad Street in downtown Charleston. He could see his beautiful new neighbor between the window blinds, in the matching house nearby, but could never muster the nerve to speak with her. Libby, a grad student at the College of Charleston, was now alone in the big house at the northern end of the old plantation. Restless apparitions of a murdered slave girl make Will question his sanity and turns his new life upside down. Libby is the only one there to help him, but she is overwhelmed by strange things happening on her side of the property. Together they find the old sweet grass basket weaver, Minetta. Cataracts cloud the old woman’s eyes, but what she learned as a child from the old Gullah slaves allow her to see more than what’s on the surface. Minetta can help them find the answers they need, but first they have to come together before the secrets hidden on the old plantation destroy them both. Read a few chapters…. Read my Children’s book ~ “Maddie and Mook and the Message in the Bottle” A precocious girl and her rambunctious little puppy have a found a bottle on the beach. Through the weathered green glass they find a note from far, far away. Twelve year old Maddie is a dreamer. Throughout the day she daydreams of the ‘far away’ places her photographer mom gets to visit and take pictures of. She is a smart young lady that fills her need to explore by searching the beach near her house, with her crazy little dog, Mook. The note in the bottle floods her mind with thoughts of who wrote the note? Where did the bottle come from? What do the initials on the note mean? Maddie searches, with the help of her mom and the companionship of Mook, for the place the old bottle came from. Maddie and Mook are on a quest to find the writer of the message in the bottle, but first they must find which island the bottle started its’ journey from. Read a few chapters….