![]() ![]() Only the companionship of alluring Angelina Simone can distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house, but Angelina 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. Local legend has it that the house is haunted, and with every passing day Declan's belief in the ghostly presence grows. ![]() He sees visions of days from a century past and experiences sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. Determined to restore the mansion to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room. Ever since he first saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted-and obsessed-with it. 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. Its breath was thick and green, and its eyes gleamed yellow in the dark. ![]() Cloaked by them, a whisper in the marsh grass or rushes, in the tangled trap of the kudzu, meant life, or fresh death. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel set deep in the bayou of Louisiana-where the only witness to a long-ago tragedy is a once-grand house. Prologue Death, with all its cruel beauty, lived in the bayou. ![]()
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