

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 new owner is maverick Declan Fitzgerald, a man distracted by the alluring Angelina Simone, a woman with her own surprising connection to the mystery.īook Synopsis #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. Sitting deep in the bayou of Louisiana, Manet Hall has a secret that's been buried for 100 years. About the Book Roberts's first "New York Times" number one bestseller is now in paperback.
