Book excerpt: Two couples, young people in love, live far apart from each other. Both start life with confidence and enthusiasm in their hearts. The couples marry they set forth on careers and vacations that will take them to different lifestyles. One couples choices lead them to the country, the other to the seashore. In remote mountains on the shore of Woe-Bee-Gone Lake and the water off the Florida west coast, they find adventure and mysteries. In far reaching series of events, they make new friends, discover new relatives, and gain riches beyond their wildest dreams. Their lives change dramatically as each couple seeks for clues to solve the mysterious tragedy of death, true love, and specters. Then to be deeply saddened as they face the anguish of two young people of the past. Solving the mysteries takes them into the lore of pirates, buried treasure, death, and life. Will they, in the end find peace on the shore of Woe-Bee-Gone Lake?