Nora Roberts has few peers when it comes to writing male characters. What a dear, kind, good man! He has a heart as big as the Mississippi River, and the most tender nature. As the book progresses, Declan and Lena fall in love and they also discover the truth behind the ghosts of Manet Hall.įirst what I liked: Declan. Declan falls in love with Lena at first sight, but she is skittish.

Through his friend Remy, Declan meets Angelina (Lena) Simone, the descendant of the woman who was murdered. The ghosts of Manet Hall are trying to get in touch with Declan. In a prologue, Roberts gives us the story of twin brothers, one good and one bad and how the bad one murdered his brother’s wife. It is clear to us the readers what the source of the problems is. While he is working on the hall, Declan is plagued by dreams, fugue states and noises. Declan has an independent income and experience in rehabbing old houses he plans to fix up the place and settle down in the Crescent City. When he heard that it was available, he jumped at the chance to buy it. The hero of Midnight Bayou is Declan Fitzgerald (have to have that Irish connection) a Boston lawyer, who fell in love with New Orleans and a beautiful old house called Manet Hall years ago. It turned out to be an atmospheric book with a very likeable hero and a touch of ghostly mystery. I always have a soft spot in my heart for books set in New Orleans, and when I heard that Nora Roberts’ new one was set there, I asked to review it. Some of them (the Born In series) are on my keeper shelf, some of them (the Stars of Mithra series) I am indifferent to, and some of them ( Montana Sky), I could not finish. But as for the books she writes under her own name, I find myself blowing hot and cold.

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