The Pearlmakers Series

Teddy Dollarhide, a rough man with ruddy skin and pearl-white hair whom everyone calls "Old Salt," is plagued by reoccurring dreams in which he is a crew member on the Spanish galleon La Gracia that he believes went down in a violent hurricane in the 17th century with countless jewels and gold on board. His four-man crew, The Pearlmakers, have been searching around the waters of Latchawatchee, Florida, for the last six years.   They have only found scraps from the vessel and time is running out as Teddy owes back taxes on his massive historic estate, Isabella, that he can no longer afford to pay. A pair of aggressive real estate developers keep pressuring Teddy to sell off his land for an enormous sum so they can turn the parcel into a cheesy condominium called Casablanca.   As the tax deadline closes in, Teddy's son Cosby, a curly-headed high school senior, finds an antique pistol in the ocean while surfing, suggesting to Teddy that the bounty must be in another location. Meanwhile, Teddy's other son, Joey, returns home from California for his brother's graduation and ends up tangled in love with a quirky, beautiful southern belle named Annabelle Burns with an overbearing, rich father. A deadly hurricane hits the town and Teddy's sons and their girlfriends end up hunkering down in Isabella with Teddy and a host of other characters full of southern charm and wit. Teddy spins yarns about his family quests for gold in the Sierras, inspiring his sons to consider heading out on their own adventure. This first installment in The Pearlmakers saga promises a rich, lively tale full of adventure, romance, and passion.

In Book 2 of The Pearlmakers saga, The Dollarhide Mystery, Teddy Dollarhide is now in love with a riveting Spanish woman named Alicia whose eyes remind him of a woman from his dreams and hypnotism sessions about the elusive Spanish galleon he and his crew have been searching for.   Hunting in a new location, his team finds a hefty quantity of antique gold at the bottom of the ocean. After celebrating, Alicia reluctantly informs Teddy that she has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Utterly devastated, Teddy begins to help her with a special concoction he brought up from La Gracia that helped cure his cat Bear of feline AIDS. Meanwhile, a stealthy gun hired by some aggressive property developers, Bateman and Banks, is now after Teddy's finds, putting more pressure on him to sell off his historic estate, Isabella.   The boys and their girlfriends take a road trip to the Sierras in search of the long-lost treasure that their great relative Luke Dollarhide never found with the various clues he left behind in his journals. Stopping at their old summer camp, Camp Big Bear in California, which rests on the land where Luke's treasure is rumored to be, they meet the current owner, strike a deal, and sign a contract.   Back in Florida, Alicia starts to make her unique pearl necklaces and sell them as the strange elixir seems to be improving her health. Out west, the boys find something special in the most unusual place, but people are ready to steal it from them at every turn.   This second installment in The Pearlmakers saga weaves a tale about hope, family treasure, and awakening love in a lost heart.

Gold Is in the Air, the third book in The Pearlmakers saga, starts in the mountains of the High Sierras of California where Cosby, Joey, and their girlfriends divide up a hefty find and make the trek back to Camp Big Bear.   Along the way, dangerous foes still lurk behind every bush. Meanwhile, Teddy Dollarhide is overjoyed by his sons' finding of the legendary Dollarhide treasure, but the bounty isn't enough to settle his debts and his property tax deadline creeps closer and closer every day.   The Pearlmakers continue to hunt the legendary waters for the full treasure of La Gracia, but another brutal hurricane stirs off the coast of Latchawatchee. Alicia and Teddy's love grows wild like kudzu even though she finds his lack of interest in selling his land to be disturbing.   Will the crew find the ship's hidden treasure before the tax deadline, or will their plans be derailed by a pair of vindictive real estate giants who want to destroy the essence of the place the Dollarhides call home?   This third installment in The Pearlmakers saga contains an astounding finale just waiting to be discovered.

Frightened by vivid dreams of being a crew member on a Spanish galleon, La Gracia, which sank off the coast of a haunted, but charming oak lined town in Northeast Florida during the 17th century in a brutal hurricane, Teddy Dollarhide and his crew, The Pearlmakers, have been desperately searching the murky Atlantic waters around his home for the last six years, hoping to find the ship's elusive treasure.   Motivated to find the massive bounty by a pressing tax deadline on his historic Italian Mediterranean estate, Isabella, that he inherited from his late uncle and an obsession driven by his constant dreams, Teddy catches a real break when his son Cosby finds an antique crusted pistol from the ship in a new location during a surfing wipeout.   Meanwhile, Teddy's older son, Joey, breezes in town from California for Cosby's graduation and runs into a riveting crush from high school, Belle Burns, that just levels him. After a campfire party on the beach, the boys and their girlfriends take shelter in Isabella during a deadly hurricane where they learn about a Dollarhide family treasure buried in the High Sierras of California that could solve their own financial troubles. The hurricane batters the small town, but Teddy falls in love with a beautiful stranger that oddly resembles a Spanish woman from his dreams and the boys go off in search of adventure in the mountains of California.   Nothing is what it seems as time slips away and everyone's dreams are on the line.