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Summary: Another winner from Nora Roberts!
Review: Nora Roberts brings her characters to life in this romantic and haunting tale of the sizzling South. Declan Fitzgerald leaves his fiance, family and law practice in Boston to fulfill his dream of refurbishing Manet Hall in New Orleans. Upon moving in, Declan discovers he's not the only inhabitant in his beloved and mysterious Southern mansion. A dedicated and determined man ready to confront anyone or anything to keep his dream alive, Declan finds his biggest challenge in Angelina Simone who holds the key to his future.
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Summary: Voices from the past.
Review: When Declan Fitzgerald saw Manet Hall as a student, he was enchanted with the old house even though it was in a state of total disrepair. When he saw it again as a mature, wealthy lawyer, he was determined to own it and restore it to its former glory.During the restoration process, he becomes uneasily aware of other presences in the house and even the sound of voices but is determined not to be frightened off by them. His old college friend introduces him to his cousin Angelina Simone, an attractive bar owner who not only helps him to unravel the mysteries of Manet Hall but also to find out her connection with the house and its history.I found this to be an intriguing story which holds you to the last pages.
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Summary: Once again Nora Roberts has hit a Grand Slam.
Review: This is one of the most interesting books Nora Roberts has put out in a while. I started this book on a Wednesday afternoon, and I finished it on Thursday. I couldn't put it down. The plot twists are exceptional, and the characters are believable. Remy steals the show with his "Southern" style, and the way she wrote Lena's Grandmother made me think of my childhood. The reincarnation angle was a surprise, but in the end the book tells two stories that merge smoothly into one. I could see this turning into a sequal. There is a great story waiting to be written about "after". I will read this book over and over.
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: I think this is the best book I have read from Robert's. I was not expecting all the ghosts stuff when I picked it up. But I am so glad I bought it. I do agree that I was a little disappointed with the ending. But the way it ended....there could be another book written. I mean things didn't get wrapped up. And there was some information that came out in the book regarding Effie that was never fully explained. I would be very happy to see a sequil to this one.
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Summary: MIDNIGHT BAYOU
Review: FROM THE MOMENT I OPENED THIS BOOK I WAS HOOKED. THIS IS A REAL PAGE TURNER. I HAD GOTTEN AWAY FROM READING NORA ROBERTS BOOKS BUT A FRIEND RECOMMENDED THIS HIGHLY. I'M A BORN AGAIN FAN.
THIS BOOK WILL KEEP YOU GUESSING UNTIL THE VERY END. THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE BOOKS THAT I COULD READ AGAIN AND AGAIN.
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Summary: ZERO star for the ending, four stars for the rest....
Review: This book has every potential to be one of my favorite book; the gothic atmosphere, a cute hero, a strong heroine, the reincarnation and the ghost! I wonder how it turned out to be one of the most dissapointment book on my shelf.Don't get me wrong, this book is an entertaining read with an interesting and engaging storyline plus a lot of good humours. In fact, I enjoyed this book very much until the last 20 pages and in the end I felt like throwing the book away! What a poor conclusion!!! It seemed to me that Nora had wrote this book carefully until page 365 and then realized that she had only 30 minutes to go before the deadline so she had to finish the story within the next 20 pages. That's why every thing she wrote toward the end seemed like they're just thrown together and none of them made any sense!! I like Declan and Angelina for almost of the book just to hate them both in the end! This book left me a hundred questions without any explaination. The author built up a dozen events and characters that related to the mystery just to keep me reading and waiting for a grand final and then managed to finished it in the lamest way. To Nora, I can tell from my experience of reading a lot of ghost stories, those torture ghosts in your book, after haunting in the house for more than a century, shouldn't give in and gone that easy by just a silly conversation between two people. Can't believe you're the same author who wrote one of my favorite book of all time "Honest illustion". I won't recommend this book to anyone unless you don't care much about the clear, complete ending. It's entertaining anyway.
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Summary: Midnight Bayou "Wonderful!"
Review: I read most of Nora Roberts books but this one is definitely a keeper. I enjoyed this book immensely and find myself going back to it when I am in a slump for a new book to read. I love the atmosphere she creates and the setting. Great!
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Summary: A Midnight Ghost Story
Review: Declan is a hansome man who winds up with a house in New Orleans. The house, Manet Hall, hasn't been kept up and has had many owners. He's going to change that by fixing the hall and keeping it. On one of his trips into town to by supplies, he meets a gorgeous woman, Lena, who runs a local bar. He takes her to the Manet Hall and they both get visions of ghosts. Mostly of a married couple who died; one was murdered, the other died from a broken heart.
Lena doesn't worry about it, but Declan does. He's been hearing babies cry at night, doors slam, stroms when the weather is nice, and is somehow afraid of the old nursery room on the third floor. Though all of these strange things have happened, he continues to work on the house. To take his mind off of the hall, he goes to see Lena who he's slowly falling in love with. The two of them figure out that they were the couple in their past lives. They go to the graves of these people and pay their respects. From then on, there were no more ghosts.
My favorite part of the book was when Declan has a vision and he talks like one of the ghosts. He tells of what happened that night when she was murdered and where her body lies. She doesn't talk well of her husband and wishes she could've helped him in some way. Lena is there when Declan does this.
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Summary: Could not PUT THIS ONE DOWN!!!
Review: First of all although I really liked the book I had some hang ups My first was that I think Nora was doing a Interracial Romance on the "DL" (down low)(which will probably not bother anyone who is NOT a minority) she never clearly acknowledges that Lena is African American.... but there are other things throughout the book that leads me (who happens to be African American)to believe that she is. I guess it isn't much of a big deal as it doesn't take away from the storyline nor the plot, but their are other instances where she clearly writes in her book that someone was black yet when it comes to the leading heroine character she doesn't............ almost as if she doesn't want to acknowledge it??? I always wondered why no one had ever wrote a Romance Novel about a Slave owner and a Servant that come together in another time when their love (and subsequent Marriage) wouldn't be forbidden. Don't get me wrong Lucien was NOT a Slave owner the story that is thread to the present day one, takes place after the abolishment of slavery so Abigail is a servant NOT a Slave. My second "hang-up" was that on the Paperback copy it does not have much of a plot description on the book, so I had to come here (Amazon) to even find out what it was about. WHATEVER on to my review. LOVED THE STORY. If you enjoy a good Ghost story you will run through the pages fairly quickly. I don't want to give any spoilers in this review but Nora threads the glimpses from the Past into this book periodically for the reader to understand what was going on between Lucian and Abigail. I do agree with another reviewer that stated that there are some loose ends that aren't wrapped up to my satisfaction, but I leave that for the individual reader to find and decide on his or her own.
Overall the book has some Humor which had me laughing out loud (towards the end), a fair amount of Suspense and the characters are ok (though no of them will stand out in my memory) Anyone that likes Nora probably will not be dissapointed in this book. I do however recommend if the reader likes books about reincarnation to try {Susanna Kearsley's} "Mariana" excellent story of two people finding one another in a different lifetime, or if you like Contemporary Romance with a Interracial Love from the past woven in try {Ruth Wind} "In the Midnight Rain" or "Stone Flower Garden" by Deborah Smith all of the books that I have recommended have a unsuspected twist at the end as with Midnight Bayou. Respectfully Reviewed
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Summary: Charming
Review: What Declan doesn't know when he buys the house he's always wanted is that he won't be living there alone. Although previous occupants of the house are long dead, they have not gone far. Through Declan's relationship with Lena and other supporting characters, the stories of past and present are imaginatively worked out. The "good guys" in "Midnight Bayou" are engaging and very charming. The villians are all properly detestable. Although the paranormal theme got a little confusing once or twice and the ending would have been better if Roberts had described what happened more fully, I enjoyed reading the book and intend to read it again in the future.
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