What grips you as a reader is the narration of the novel, and the author provides fantastic descriptions of Southern Carolina as well as the historical neighborhoods in Charleston. This book is therefore part romance, part mystery and part ghost tale. So he decides to turn on the charm offensive on Melanie, only to discover that he’s actually the one who’s smitten. There’s a man that she met briefly who suddenly died, and he left his historic home behind, and it came with a ghostly family all too eager to reveal their secrets.Ī gorgeous writer called Jack Trenholm has an obsession for unsolved mysteries, and he has reasons to believe that diamonds that were stolen from the confederate treasury are hidden. Even though she hates to admit it, Melanie Middleton can actually see ghosts. The first book in the series is called The House on Tradd Street, and it is a brilliant yet chilling debut that features a Charleston realtor who loves learning about the histories that can be found inside ancient manors. 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.Tradd Street is a series that tells us the story of Melanie Middleton, who inherits an historic home with ghosts, in Charleston, South Carolina. That is, until the remains of a newborn buried in an old christening gown are found hidden in the foundation of her house.Īs 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. 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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