Even just saying 'organizational spreadsheet' makes me sigh in contentment). I mean, she scorned the fully furnished historical house she inherited!? She even scorned the little dog she inherited!ĭogs and historical houses are two things that are near and dear to my heart, so I wasn't convinced I could get behind a main character who didn't appreciate those things.īut, I stuck with it because I sensed there was more to Mellie than her outward prickliness and scorn (anyone who makes organizational spreadsheets wins points with me. I'm a character girl, and for a long time I wasn't really sure I could warm up to main character Mellie. I'll admit, I was a little nervous going into it all.

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Tiny Reviews: And Only to Deceive and Dangerous De.But can she seek Jack’s help without risking her heart? For in revealing the secrets of the past, Melanie also awakens the malevolent presence that has tried to keep the truth hidden for decades. As the hauntings on Tradd Street slowly become more violent, Melanie decides to find out what caused the baby’s untimely death, uncovering the love, loss, and betrayal that color the house’s history-and threaten her claim of ownership. That is, until the remains of a newborn buried in an old christening gown are found hidden in the foundation of her house.

She simply does not have the energy to deal with one more crisis. When Melanie is roused one night by the sound of a ghostly infant crying, she chooses to ignore it. Despite an insistence that she can raise their child alone, Melanie is completely unprepared for motherhood, and she struggles to complete renovations on her house on Tradd Street before the baby arrives. She misses him desperately, but her broken heart is the least of her problems. Melanie is only going through the motions of living since refusing Jack Trenholm’s marriage proposal. But history has a tendency of catching up with her, whether she likes it or not. In the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Tradd Street series, Charleston realtor Melanie Middleton is determined to leave the past behind her.

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