First of all, "Legare" is pronounced le-gree, according to several seemingly reputable Internet sources. I wish I had looked this up BEFORE I read this novel, because I like to pronounce things correctly in my mind, especially after inwardly saying DE-bacle for years instead of de-BAH-cle!
If you like a little bit if paranormal activity in your reading, you'll enjoy every minute of this story. Mother and daughter, Ginnette and Melanie Middleton, have been estranged for 33 years, ever since Ginnette deserted young Melanie and her father without explanation. Now Ginnette has returned and wants to buy back and restore her ancestral home on Legare Street with Melanie's help. Melanie, a real estate agent, had inherited a historic home on Tradd Street and has developed quite an eye for historic preservation, but is wary of forming any kind of relationship with the mother who stepped out of her life and forged a successful career in opera, seemingly without a second glance back. There is also the question of both the menacing and protective spirits who inhabit the Legare Street. As psychics, Melanie (referred to as Mellie by her friend Jack Trenholm in deliciously Gone With the Wind style) and Ginnette have both dealt with unsettled, long-deceased inhabitants of the house. When a sunken ship is raised and the remains of a body discovered in a trunk on board, things suddenly become dangerous. Melanie and Jack set out to discover the origins of the locket discovered with the body, eerily similar to lockets in 2 portraits of women who bear a close resemblance to Melanie and her mother. An overly nosy local reporter from Jack's past also involves herself in the search for answers.
My best advice to you, the reader, would be to read The House on Tradd Street first. I didn't realize that this was a sequel, and if I had I would have started with the right book. I don't think it will make a difference either way with your enjoyment of this series. Karen White just keeps thrilling me!
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