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Fiction. Romance. Suspense. HTML:The Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation. They've inherited a ghostly presence...and a long-kept secret. Aidan Flynn, a private investigator and eldest of the Flynn brothers, scoffs at the haunted-house rumorsâ??especially since Kendall Montgomery, a tarot card reader who has been living in the mansion, is the one to tell him the tale of a woman in white. But when he finds a human bone on the grounds and another by the river, Aidan delves into the dark history of the Flynn plantation. Forced together to uncover the truth, Aidan and Kendall realize that a serial killer whose victims seem to vanish into thin air has long been at work...and that their own fates are about to be sealed forever unless they believe in the unbelievab… (more)
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This is the first novel of the prolific Heather Graham that I have read and it is book one in a trilogy about the Flynn Brothers. They have inherited an old plantation house in New Orleans from an aunt they did not even know existed. The oldest, Aiden, is a
Until the death of Amelia Flynn, Kendall Montgomery had cared for the elderly lady who had spent her entire life at the plantation. This is where she wanted to die. Kendall was with her to the very end. The old house had it's legendary ghosts although Kendall thought such things nonsense. This despite the fact that she runs a small tea shop in town where she and her 2 employees Vinnie and Mason offer tarot card readings, claiming to clients that they can connect to the spirit world. It's all pretend on their part.
When the Flynn brothers arrive at the plantation house Kendall is making sure she has removed all of her possessions. As she was leaving through the doorway they meet. She finds Aiden to be rude, but the other two brothers, Jeremy and Zachery are quite pleasant company.
The brothers have formed their own private investigation agency. One case in particular dominates Aiden's thoughts, the disappearance of a young teen. He fears she is dead and perhaps the victim of a serial killer.
Kendall's skepticism about the paranormal starts to change. While giving a tarot card reading the skeleton on the Death card comes to life, or so it looks to her. She has dreams of Amilia who warns her of an evil that stalks New Orleans and Kendall is a particular target.
A series of frightening events bring Aiden and Amelia together; at first reluctantly and later much more agreeably . This suspenseful paranormal mystery has plenty of chilling moments and a nice touch of romance.
This was romantic, suspenseful, with a little paranormal thrown in. Very
All of the brothers are together in a private investigator business. See chapter one for the reason each left his law
The brothers are the last of their line. Although they've all been to New Orleans before, this time a great-aunt they never knew existed has died and left them the family plantation. The Flynn Plantation has a reputation for being haunted. We learn about an 1863 family tragedy in the prologue. The event has been misinterpreted since then -- can the record ever be set straight?
Kendall Montgomery is our green-eyed, fiery red-haired heroine. Amelia Flynn helped her when she was younger and needed it. Kendall repaid that favor with love and loyalty, caring for the old woman in her last illness until she died in the same room in which she'd been born. Kendall also loves the plantation, but doesn't have the money to buy it even if Jeremy and Zachary hadn't persuaded Aidan that it should be restored, not sold.
Kendall gave up her dream of being a singer to major in psychology, then buy a shop. At Tea and Tarot, she reads palms and tea leaves as well as Tarot cards. Her employee and friend, Mason Adler, also majored in psychology and does the same readings. Kendall thinks she's a fake, looking for rational reasons for the things she sees that she shouldn't be able to see.
Aidan is far more skeptical than Kendall, but he may have a touch of the psychic in him. Certainly he's not willing to settle for the post-Katrina reasons he's given for finding two human bones on the grounds. Dr. Abel, the medical examiner, really, really doesn't think those bones are a priority, but the former FBI agent won't give up.
Will there be ghosts? Yes. Is there an unsuspected serial killer at work? Aidan thinks so. Will he be proven correct? Will he overcome the very bad first and second impressions he makes on beautiful Kendall?
The New Orleans setting is good, the haunted plantation interesting, and the romance not bad. I plan to check out book two.
Cat lovers, Kendall has a very large black Persian named Jezebel.
"Deadly Night" is well-balanced with an air of mystery, romance, paranormal and family all wrapped into a great novel.
This one was suspenseful and intriguing at the same time. There's a bit of the supernatural in it as well.