When Nora Silk, a recently divorced mother of two, moves into a small suburb in Long Island in 1959, her single unmarried state upsets the delicate balance. It's a town where emotional mess is kept hidden and everyone is expected to keep their lawn perfect. But Nora is a beautiful carefree spirit, and though she …
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The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White
I had a lot of texts to read, and things always get crazy in the lead up to Christmas, but happily, with the temperature dropping & finally nowhere to go & no one demanding time I could curl up with this, the second book in the Tradd Street series by Karen White. Revolving around …
The Seance by John Harwood
A girl with a tragic past inherits a crumbling house whose previous owners have all disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The Victorian era saw a mania for Spiritualism, a practice in which people would consult a medium during group sessions, and attempt to contact their departed loved ones. The tricks and practices that mediums undertook to dupe …
The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
A snappy, romantic tale of family secrets and restoring houses, this book is about a pretty realtor, Melanie, who inherits a crumbling mansion in Charleston from an old man she only met once. The house seems full of mysteries and secrets, but then, so is Melanie: ever since she was a little girl, she's been …
