PLEASE NOTE: This book may have an alternate cover. The following description is a guide only and may contain text that is not specific to this item. Triple-platinum romance doyenne Roberts spins a tale of bayou passions old and new in her latest romantic suspense novel, set on the grounds of a dilapidated postbellum mansion outside New Orleans.
A novel set deep in the bayou of Louisiana—where the only witness to a long-ago tragedy is a once-grand house…
Declan
Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't
understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of
New Orleans. All he knew was that ever since he first saw Manet Hall,
he'd been enchanted-and obsessed-with it. So when the opportunity to
buy the house comes up, Declan jumps at the chance to live out a dream.
Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor,
Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own
labor and skills. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty
house take a toll. He is seeing visions of days from a century past,
and experiencing sensations of terror and nearly unbearable
grief-sensations not his own, but those of a stranger. Local legend has
it that the house is haunted, and with every passing day Declan's
belief in the ghostly presence grows.
Only the companionship of alluring Angelina Simone can
distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house, but Angelina
too has her own surprising connection to Manet Hall-a connection that
will help Declan uncover a secret that's been buried for a hundred
years.
