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Midnight Bayou

By: Nora Roberts
Narrated by: James Daniels, Sandra Burr
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 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 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 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.

©2004 Nora Roberts (P)2004 Brilliance Audio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Mystery Paranormal Paranormal Romance Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Haunted Fiction New Orleans

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Critic reviews

"Narrator James Daniels depicts this romantic, suspenseful ghost story with finesse, switching Cajun accents as he navigates between Declan Fitzgerald and the restoration of Manet Hall in 2002, to betrayal, rape, and murder in the early 1900s." ( AudioFile)
"To add to the pleasure, tastefully choreographed, highly erotic lovemaking scenes are seamlessly woven into a novel that exemplifies storytelling at its finest." ( Booklist)
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Really enjoyed,
Caught hold and was gripped
Great story line, makes you think about houses and the people who lived in them,
Fabulous settings
Great characters

Fabulous

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Enjoyed this book a bit different from her other books love the jd Robb books too

Another good one

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Brilliant performance of this twisting and turning novel. Nora Roberts takes the ghost story genre by the scruff of the neck and provides the listener with not only a great tale but food for thought. Faultless on all counts!

Classic Nora Roberts at her best

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In many ways, this is a classic Roberts romance with the attractive hero overcoming all the feisty heroine's reservations about falling in love. However, the ghost story which underpins this book turns it into something a bit special.

The novel centres around Declan Fitzgerald, a Boston lawyer who has changed his life to move to outside new Orleans to rebuild Manet Hall. But the Hall holds some dark secrets and the past and the present become strongly entwined.

Both narrators are excellent and particularly good at bringing a Cajun flavour to the story. However, I found the switches between narrators a bit jarring. I know it highlighted the switches in the narrative past and present but I personally prefer one voice in a book( unless it's a full cast drama), especially as either of the narrators were more than competent to have delivered the whole package on their own.

Classic Roberts romance with a ghostly twist

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Really enjoyed this 'bedtime read' though at times bedtime ended up being later as I had to listen just a little more! Recomended.

Really good bedtime listen.

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