Midnight Bayou

Nora Roberts Best This is the only book by Nora Roberts that I like - truly love this story and how she tells it. I have read it multiple times. The characters are powerful and the locale of New Orleans comes alive. Her best work in my opinion. A definite keeper! Declan Fitzgerald is a hero that is funny, romantic and all male. Lina Simone is a Cajun lady that keeps him jumping. I loved the 2 readers(James Daniels for the present and I believe Sandra Burr for the past). The accents were an added bonus to the story that made it more entertaining. A ghost story with murder, betrayal and love. A definite keeper.. Interesting Glenda Not what I expected at allgreat suspense then story takes off in a different direction. Would like to see a series.

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. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills. 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. Only the companionship of the 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.. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. All

But Manet Hall comes with a dark history, and restoring it means uncovering its past, which includes rape, murder and betrayal. Literary Guild main selection. In the end, only Lena can bring him back from the tragic past that threatens to engulf him. As Declan digs deeper at the Hall, he often hears a baby crying. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Declan encounters an additional challenge in the person of Cajun beauty and bar owner Lena Simone, who has her own dark history and a surprising connection to Manet Hall. Roberts's role reversal here it is the male character who hears voices and even swoons gives her faithful readers a little extra thrill, and the lush setting and the satisfying