The Lady on Esplanade

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People and secrets from the past threaten to disrupt Nola Trenholms new life in New Orleans in the third novel of the Royal Street series by New York Times bestselling author Karen White.Nola is ready to focus on starting over in the Big Easy. She wants to get back to work on the renovations of her Creole cottage, and she is eager to launch a new murder-house-flipping business with contractor, closet psychic, and part-time nemesis Beau Ryan. After a near-death ghostly encounter and the return of Beaus missing sister, they are confident that the ghost of his mother can finally rest.Nola believes the shotgun house on famed Esplanade Avenue is a prime fixer-upper for her first project. It may have been the site of a womans murder and the disappearance of an entire family, but the house will be perfect for new-to-town Cooper Ravenelwho happens to have caused Nolas first heartbreak. Thats the least of Nolas worries, though. In addition to the elusive spirit of an angry young woman who accompanied Cooper to New Orleans, the house on Esplanade has its own ghosts, including one that is becoming increasingly dangerous as he tries to hide his dark secrets. And the wet footprints from the spirit of Beaus mother have returned to let them know there is still unfinished business before she can rest. Spectral danger is headed toward them, and its up to Nola to convince Beau to help before its too late. . . .