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Robin Elder

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Are you interested in learning about true Florida Keys history in a fast paced, fun creative way? Then my novellas are for you! In 1992, my husband and I took our first trip to the Florida Keys and that's when my deep affection for the island chain took root. We continued to make annual trips with friends and family, finally buying our own piece of paradise in 2014. Over that time, I became fascinated with Keys history and knew that I wanted to write about it, specifically in the genre of what I call a hybrid between historical fiction and creative nonfiction. I also knew that I wanted to write page turners with less filler, where just about everything I wrote mattered to the overall plot. And so I did, penning the novellas, VINDICATION KEY Are you interested in learning about true Florida Keys history in a fast paced, fun creative way? Then my novellas are for you! In 1992, my husband and I took our first trip to the Florida Keys and that's when my deep affection for the island chain took root. We continued to make annual trips with friends and family, finally buying our own piece of paradise in 2014. Over that time, I became fascinated with Keys history and knew that I wanted to write about it, specifically in the genre of what I call a hybrid between historical fiction and creative nonfiction. I also knew that I wanted to write page turners with less filler, where just about everything I wrote mattered to the overall plot. And so I did, penning the novellas, VINDICATION KEY, INDIAN KEY, FLASHBACK KEY, THE HEIRLOOM (newly published in 2026), and FATE'S JOURNEY. Here are descriptions of each:

VINDICATION KEY is a dual timeline book centering around the WWI veterans working on the Overseas Highway, famous Long Key Fishing Camp, the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and a missing Russian treasure.

INDIAN KEY is a dual timeline book about the tiny island of Indian Key sitting right off Islamorada. What a fascinating history it holds, specifically from the early 1800's. Read about notorious wrecker, Captain John Jacob Housman, the Perrine family, and the events that occurred one fateful day on the tiny 12 acre island.

FLASHBACK KEY is my take on what occurred when six men took refuge in the small, land-based lighthouse attached to the Chesapeake Restaurant in Islamorada during Hurricane Donna in 1960. When I first read about this in a newspaper article, I was curious as to how they passed the time with the storm raging all around them for hours on end. Searching old newspaper archives, I found just two articles addressing how they tried to entertain themselves. One simply stated that they told a few jokes. The other said they sung a few songs and prayed. However, knowing they spent numerous hours hunkering down within the lighthouse walls, I have to presume they kept themselves occupied in other ways. That’s where my imagination entered and I intertwined loads of unusual, real Florida Keys history into the plot. I hope you enjoy my creative take on what occurred during those long, anxious hours.

THE HEIRLOOM weaves Key West history, South Carolina history, mystery and folklore into the entrancing tale of an unusual family legacy spanning four centuries. When Sophie Russell receives an old family heirloom, it's accompanied by letters revealing unusual family lore. She dismisses it as a sentimental relic until unsettling dreams begin to divulge fragments of a distance past she couldn't possibly know otherwise. Eventually, she finds herself piecing together stories that stretch back hundreds of years. The longer the dreams persist, the more she must come to terms with the heirloom's unusual properties. Each revelation sheds new light on an enduring legend, while drawing her ever closer to the truth.

FATE'S JOURNEY is a bit of a departure from my Keys themed stories. It's an ode to the books I loved reading as a teenager and young adult—Phyllis Whitney mysteries, Victoria Holt Gothic romance and Harlequin Romances.

My motivation to write is perhaps summed up best by the quote from famed author, Tony Morrison: "If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it."

I hope you enjoy!

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Don't forget about Fate's Journey and The Heirloom!

I have several Goodreads reviews for Vindication Key, Indian Key, and Flashback Key.

Since no one on this site has reviewed Fate's Journey or my new novella, The Heirloom, thought I'd share a few Amazon reviews here (one each) in case someone might be interested in reading them! A short synopsis of all five of my novellas can be found in my Author Profile.

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Robin Elder liked Linda Donohue's review of Indian Key: "Elder wrote a very good story around the historical research she did about the inhabitants of Indian Key in the late 1830s and 1840s. The book was well written and the story moved along. I look forward to reading further books by Robin Elder. I recei" Read more of this review »
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Robin Elder made a comment on Natalie’s review of Indian Key " Thanks so much for the review, Natalie! Having visited Indian Key in person, you have a real appreciation for the tiny island's surprising, complex hi ...more "
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