The House on Tradd Street
by Karen White
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Author: Karen WhiteEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-04
ISBN: 0451225090
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: NAL Trade
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Summary: 4 Stars
After playing hooky one day in 7th grade to read Gone With The Wind, Karen White knew she wanted to be either Scarlett O'Hara or a writer. In fact, Karen's grade school teachers had encouraged her to be a writer.
This very self-disciplined woman (Karen describes herself as 'anal retentive') played classical piano since age 5, grew up in the US and London as the daughter of an oil company executive, and graduated Cum Laude from Tulane University with a BS in Business Management.
Before marrying and having children, Karen worked in operations management, and then stopped working outside the home to pursue her life-long dream of writing. Publishing success came quickly to Karen, with her first book, In the Shadow of the Moon.
In 1996, while her children were babies, she began to write In the Shadow of the Moon, an historical time-travel novel about the civil war, using the research resources of Georgia's rich southern history for her novel. She had written a few chapters and sent it in to a contest and it won!
The judge was an agent who suggested changes and who then represented her to a publishing house. In the Shadow of the Moon was published in 2000. It was a double finalist in RWA's prestigious RITA award.
Since then, Karen has published her 10th book, The House on Tradd Street and an as-yet untitled book scheduled for 2009. She is the author of 10 award winning novels.
The House on Tradd Street
The House on Tradd Street is a very engaging novel that involves Melanie Middleton, a real estate agent and a proper woman who prefers contemporary style to historical houses, but who inherits a big, old house from a stranger.
The plot becomes complicated as colorful characters, such as the incredibly handsome journalist Jack Trenholm lands on the scene.
According to the terms, Melanie must restore the old house to its former glory before she can sell anything.
So, while the attentions from local folk are welcome, attentions from handsome Trenholm present various problems for Melanie.
The flirtation between Jack and Melanie sparkles with a sarcastic fury, and adds a lively, romantic note to this complex tale of real estate, fiction, romance and ghost story.
Trenholm, besides being gorgeous, is a man obsessed with secrets, and he believes that diamonds from the Confederate Treasury are hidden in the house, so he turns on the charm with Melanie. But they both become smitten in this dangerous game.
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Excerpt: (Melanie and Jack are discussing problematic things they've seen in the house. They are looking at an old scrapbook found in the house, in which the man's wife had run off with another man.)
Melanie says to Jack:
"Maybe he thought she was coming back."
Jack looked at me, his eyes sad, and I wondered if he was thinking of the woman he'd once planned to marry. "I don't think so. He had the entire armour moved up here, out of his sight. Like he knew she was gone for good, but he couldn't stand to get rid of everything that reminded him of her." He shook his head. "No, he knew she wasn't coming back. But he never stopped missing her."
I recalled the ghost I'd seen with Jack and recalled what she'd said. I never stopped loving him. I never stopped. And then, right before she vanished, Tell him I love him still. I wondered briefly if I had it all wrong, if the woman really was Louisa, and she hadn't been talking about Jack at all, but she didn't appear to resemble the photographs I'd seen of Louisa, and she was definitely different from the woman I saw in the garden, and when I'd seen her with Jack, I'd felt that love and grief that had been directed at him. I'd felt the tears she'd shed for him, and so had Jack, though he didn't know it.
...
"Do you still miss her?" I asked.
He looked at me sharply. "Miss who?"
"Emily."
He didn't look away. "How do you know about Emily?"
"Your mother."
He was silent for a moment. "What did she tell you?"
"That she literally left you at the altar. That she moved to New York, and you've never heard from her again."...
"Your mother told me that Emily was a journalist with the Post and Courier and that you met when doing research for a book."
...
"My mother is a wonderful woman,but she really needs to learn when it's okay to share information and when it's not. Did she tell you any embarrassing stories about when I was a toddler and liked to run around in a cowboy hat, boots, holster and nothing else?"
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A fantastic read. Most recommended.
Summary of The House on Tradd Street
A brilliant, chilling series debut, featuring a Charleston real estate agent who loves old houses?and the secret histories inside them.
Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But she?s going to have to accept it. An old man she recently met has died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, complete with housekeeper, dog?and a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their secrets.
Enter Jack Trenholm, a gorgeous writer obsessed with unsolved mysteries. He has reason to believe that diamonds from the Confederate Treasury are hidden in the house. So he turns the charm on with Melanie, only to discover he?s the smitten one...
It turns out Jack?s search has caught the attention of a malevolent ghost. Now, Jack and Melanie must unravel a mystery of passion, heartbreak?and even murder.
Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But she?s going to have to accept it. An old man she recently met has died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, complete with housekeeper, dog?and a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their secrets.
Enter Jack Trenholm, a gorgeous writer obsessed with unsolved mysteries. He has reason to believe that diamonds from the Confederate Treasury are hidden in the house. So he turns the charm on with Melanie, only to discover he?s the smitten one...
It turns out Jack?s search has caught the attention of a malevolent ghost. Now, Jack and Melanie must unravel a mystery of passion, heartbreak?and even murder.
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