The St John’s River Dyad - The Shopkeeper

Craig McNair, following the devastation of divorce is peacefully trying to rebuild his life, and is beginning to realize his dreams. Leaving a life of construction behind, he has opened an outdoors shop and marina along the St. Johns River. Craig has also come to believe that he may indeed be able to trust again, to love again. As his life begins to flourish the imperceptible currents of transformation occurring in his hometown of Delana Bend soon will become torrents of hatred he will be forced to contend with. Craig McNair’s ex-wife, Miranda, could never accept her divorce. Even though she now possesses the house he built and his money, Miranda’s seething hostility is continually fueled by catty gossip of Craig’s newfound happiness and the greed of her attorney, Samuel Carlson. Together they plan to steal McNair’s business and make millions from the sale of his property. Alone Miranda plans to destroy his renewed life and his new love in the process, embroiling Craig in a caldron of deceit and vengeance. When Seminole Indian Warren Jumper arrives in town searching his lost family heritage, he meets Craig at the marina. The two men recognize in their first afternoon together that the ancient river and the events in Florida’s history occurring along its banks dating back to the First Seminole Indian War inexorably connect them. The exploits of their storied ancestors bind them in the furnace of loyalty and together they share a discovered secret that has been lost for more than a hundred years. A friendship becomes brotherhood and where one is forced to travel, the other will be by his side, no matter the cost. Ivory Fallow has experienced enough abuse at the hands of her father and husband that she can barely conceive of a normal life, until she meets Craig. He is…