On Sept. 8, Kathleen Floryan, broker associate with eXp Realty, together with Kim M. Davis, broker owner of Ponte Vedra Beach Realty, hosted a joint open house featuring two outstanding local authors for a book signing and tour of 112 Carriage Court and 101 Planters Row West. Both homes are available for purchase in the exclusive neighborhood of The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach.
Local historical romance author Maggie FitzRoy enjoys writing stories that whisk readers into the past, where love is an adventure. The Ponte Vedra Beach resident’s new novel, “Beacon Beach,” transports readers to Cape May, New Jersey in the summer of 1886.
“ ‘Beacon Beach’ is a love story, involving mystery, reinvention, redemption and riveting romantic attraction. It’s a great beach book, but also a story that can be enjoyed any time of the year as a romantic escape into the past,” FitzRoy said.
In “The Merchant of Death is Dead,” pop historian, asset manager and newspaper columnist Scott A. Grant shares some of his favorite published columns. Stories in the book include those of inventor Alfred Nobel, writer Zora Neale Hurston, football player Deacon Jones, surgeon John Snow, adventurer Annie Edson Taylor, visionary Benjamin Franklin, swimmer Gertrude Ederle, clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger, General James Doolittle, golfers Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus, athletes “Bullet” Bob Hayes and Mack Robinson and First Lady Frances Cleveland, plus events such as the discovery of the South Pole, Nazi spies landing on a north Florida beach, and economic bubbles through the years.
For more information, call Kathleen Floryan at (904) 687-5146 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., or email kathleen.floryan@exprealty.com. For information about Kim Davis, visit kimmdavis.com.
