Melanie Middleton is put in a bind when she is forced to
move out of her historic house on Tradd Street for yet more
renovations. As if traveling with the occasional earthbound
spirit isn't bad enough, Melanie is talked into letting her
friend Jack's teenage daughter, Nola, move in with her. Nola
just moved to Charleston from Los Angeles, California and
didn't forget to pack her attitude. When Melanie moves in
with her mother while her home is being restored, a
reluctant Nola accompanies her. But Melanie has more than a
rebellious teenager to deal with. Nola turns out to be a
package deal: She comes complete with the ghost of her
mother and a Victorian doll house full of restless spirits.
Jack Trenholm learns that he fathered a child when Nola
suddenly arrives in Charleston after her mother committed
suicide in Los Angeles. To make up for lost time, Nola's
grandparents buy her a Victorian doll house Nola was
admiring in an antique store. Not only does the intricately
detailed house resemble a real home, but it comes with an
eerie looking doll family. Melanie immediately realizes the
doll house was modeled after a real house and its doll
family was probably once its occupants. But when strange
things begin happening, it's obvious the former residents
are not resting in peace. Nola begins to blame Melanie when
the dolls are repeated moved around the doll house. No
matter where Nola leaves the toy family, they always return
to the same location -- father, mother, and daughter crowded
around a turret window watching the son who is outside the
house with a broken neck -- the family dog by his side.
When the angry spirits begin to threaten Nola, Melanie
decides to find the real house and is astonished to learn
that a member of the Manigault family lives. Melanie easily
finds Julia Manigault, who has been living as a recluse at
her house on Montagu Street all her life. But when Melanie
attempts to question her about the doll house which once
belonged to her a child, Julia throws Melanie out of her
house and warns her never to return. When Melanie makes
contact with Julia's deceased brother, William, he warns her
that Julia knows more about what happened at the house on
Montagu Street than she is letting on. But as Melanie gets
closer to discovering what haunts the strangers on Montagu
Street, vengeful spirits warn her leave the secrets of the
Manigault family dead and buried.
Karen White's books keep getting better and better! I found
myself totally immersed in Julia's suspicious silence about
her Victorian doll house. Melanie's irresistible attraction
to Jack Trenholm provides great comic relief when Melanie
isn't fighting the dearly departed. Readers who enjoy a good
read about houses with things that go bump in the night need
look no further than Karen White. Ms. White first charmed
readers her creation of Melanie Middleton in The House on
Tradd Street. Fans will be thrilled with Melanie's new
ghostly adventure. THE STRANGERS ON MONTAGU STREET is
unquestionably Karen White's best work yet.
Psychic realtor Melanie Middleton returns-only to be greeted by a house full of lost souls. Psychic realtor Melanie Middleton is still restoring her Charleston house and doesn't expect to have a new houseguest, a teen girl named Nola. But the girl didn't come alone, and the spirits that accompanied Nola don't seem willing to leave...
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