Blue Ridge Black Heart the new novel by Orchid Gallery owner

A real book, not a download. Blue Ridge, Black Heart, the new novel by Orchid Gallery owner Geraldine Powell This is the new mystery novel written by The Orchid Gallery’s own Geraldine Powell. It’s about a disgraced lawyer in search of herself who gets involved in a tragic kidnapping case. The setting is Chattanooga and the nearby Appalachian Mountains in North Georgia and northeast Tennessee. Plot summary: Ex-lawyer Morgan Pike is stabbed, shot at and nearly blown up as she searches for a beautiful young woman who has mysteriously disappeared near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The hunt takes her from Chattanooga to New Orleans and back and puts her in direct conflict with a vicious family of radical survivalists masquerading as North Georgia gentry. From the first review: “Morgan (Pike) is a tough gal without being a caricature, she’s humorous without being a clown, she’s an everyday hero with everyday flaws who frequently gets it wrong.