Midnight Bayou

The book by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts is set in a Louisiana marsh, where a once-grand home serves as the lone reminder of a long-forgotten tragedy.

Despite his reputation as the family maverick, Declan Fitzgerald's decision to purchase a run-down estate on the outskirts of New Orleans was puzzling even to him. All he knew was that he had been enchanted—and obsessed—by Manet Hall ever since he had first laid eyes on it. Declan, nevertheless, seizes the chance to fulfill a desire when the possibility to purchase the mansion presents itself.

Devoted to bringing Manet Hall back to its previous grandeur, Declan starts the difficult reconstruction project room by room, using only his own strength and abilities. However, the days spent alone in the empty home have a cost. He is feeling horror and almost excruciating grief—sensations that are not his own, but rather those of a stranger—and seeing glimpses of times a century ago. Declan's conviction in the ghostly presence is growing every day, as per the local folklore, that the home is haunted.

Declan can only be diverted from the strange events occurring in the home by the seductive Angelina Simone's company, but Angelina has an unexpected connection to Manet Hall of her own, one that will enable Declan to unearth a truth that has been kept hidden for a century.