The Girl On Legare Street

A Wonderful Sequel to a Great First Book

The House on Tradd Street had me mesmerized right from the beginning, so I was extremely anxious to get my hand on the sequel, The Girl On Leagre Street. I am very happy to report that I was not dissapointed.

The characters of Jack and Melanie seem to closer to real people than those in any other book that I have read. Yes they have flaws, but they are not flawed characters. It is greatifying to watch them grow and develop along with their relationship with each other. They seem to be real life people - not just names in a book.

As in the past, White tells a wonderful story that keeps you wanting to read on. I couldn't be happier to know that there are more book in this series on the way.

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an entertaining tale

Her opera star mom Ginnette Prioleau Middleton pleads with her Charleston, South Carolina realtor daughter Melanie Middleton to help her buy back the family home on Legare Street that just came on the market. Melanie wants nothing to do with her mom whom she has not seen in decades; although as an expert on historical house restoration, she is the right person for the job.

A psychic like her daughter Ginnette hides from her daughter that she fears for Melanie's life from paranormal elements. Melanie's friend Jack Trenholm nudges her to allow her mom back into her life. He even agrees to investigate the supernatural to eliminate the threat from beyond while a reporter pushes to tell the story of the return of the great diva.

The sequel to The House on Tradd Street returns Lowcountry's top realtor Melanie in an entertaining tale of a mother-daughter dysfunctional relationship amidst ghosts and other spirits. Though intended as humor Jack's seduction efforts detract from the prime plot of Ginnette trying to reconnect with Melanie as she fears for her offspring due to visions that the spirits are coming to haunt her. Still fans will enjoy the return to Charleston.

Harriet Klausner

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I'm still savoring it~

I thoroughly enjoyed The House on Tradd Street and looked forward to the sequel. I am over half way through the The Girl on Legare Street and enjoying it every bit as much. It's a fast and easy read but I am taking my time as I do with all books I especially like. It's a bit off beat as it deals with the supernatural in historical Charleston SC where Melanie is restoring two grand old homes but is presented in an interesting and exciting style. Highly recommend.

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Karen White at her best in her new read

In her new novel The Girl on Legare Street Karen White brings us back to Charleston to revisit the wonderful characters we first met in The House on Tradd Street and have the pleasure of meeting a few more. Where we find Melanie Middleton reunited with her mother who abandoned her when she was six, but if she thinks that's her biggest problem she's whistling Dixie.
Karen's love for the south, especially Charleston and it's wonderful historic homes really shines through in this her second of four books in her House on Tradd Street series. It's a haunting tale of fear and fearlessness of loss and love and redemption. Her story line/plot is not unique to anyone who's ever walked through an old building and felt the temperature drop or saw a hint of something that couldn't be explained, but she makes it uniquely her own with her twist of a classic ghost story. Her characters are endearing and funny and quirky and she knows them so intimately that you can feel the anal attentive qualities of Melanie and the sexual tension between her and her co-star, co-conspirator Jack Trenholm sexy author and amateur historic sleuth, you can feel the apprehension and tension she feels toward her mother and her feeling of abandonment. Her supporting characters are equally interesting from her best friend Sophie to her recovering alcoholic father, to her ghostly apparitions and all the rest. And they are all constantly breathing life into her story. Her amazing descriptive dialogue paints her words into pictures in our minds as she tells her tale. She will make you laugh and cry, empathize and sympathize with the various characters. She gives us the continuing non-relationship that our heroine Melanie and our hero Jack are too afraid to pursue and the sexual tension between them just about kills me. Knowing there are two more installments before completion makes me impatient for the next one, to not only see what lies ahead with the ghosts and hauntings, but also finding out what's in store for Melanie and Jack.
So be prepared to expel many emotions through this exciting and sometimes terrifying wonderful new novel. Be prepared to laugh and cry, hold your breath, bite your nails, to be haunted and sit on the edge of your seat as you turn the pages. And most of all be prepared to fall in love with the grand olde dame of the south, Charleston and with Karen's wonderful characters in her new book "The Girl on Legare Street". A must read for 2009. As mentioned this is the second book in a series, but holds up very well as a stand-a-lone read.

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Great Series

This sequel to The House on Tradd Street was equally as entertaining as the first book. This series is not only fun, it is full of adventure, mystery, ghosts, romance, humor, history and creative characters that come seem to come to life. Melanie and Jack are complete opposites which makes them great together. I found Rebecca annoying and a bit disappointing, exp. since Jack became entralled with her, but I have a feeling we're going to find out her real intention in the following books and probably be as surprised as Mellie and Jack. Marc was also back and I don't think we have seen the last of him and his sneaky motives either. It seems everyone is working to improve their relationships except Melanie. Hopefully she comes to terms with whatever it was that made her so uptight and afraid to fall in love that she pushes Jack away even though she knows they belong together. I don't think her parents are totally the blame. This is a great series, wish the 3rd and 4th sequels would come sooner.

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Very good, but . . .

I was still left expecting Jack to tell Mellie "Frankly my dear,"

Highly recommended

I have read several of Karen White's books, and they are all excellent. The characters in The Girl on Legare Street are the same ones as in The House on Tradd Street. It's nice to carry on with them and get deeper into their backgrounds and personalities and learn some of the history of Charleston SC. I am now reading The Stranger on Montagu Street, and so far it is as good as her others. I also recommend Beach Trees by Karen White.

Outstanding.

Karen White has found a subject that we all wish we could believe in and want to know more about. This second book in the series did not disappoint.

Read! (After the first two)

The only thing bad about this book is that I have to wait almost two years for the final (?) book. I'm almost 64 and who knows--I could be dead by then and I'll have to come back and haunt the author.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED-YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT!!!!!

i read all!!!! of karen white books, loved them all, bought them in paperback, would loved to buy them for my nook, but expensive, i have to buy the 3rd tradd street series but have to wait to buy the first two books. LOVE THEM ALL

A bit confusing

Loved tradd street but found this one hard to follow

Wonderful Story! A Must Read!

I have read three of Karen White's novels and the stories are great. The plot are intriguing and catch you up so that you have to get to the climax.

Loved the Charleston books!

Awesome reads!!!! I first learned of Karen White through her House on Tradd St. book!!!! I quickly became of fan of Ghost Dusters Mystery books! Keep up the good work....I am a new fan!

Not a favorite

Good but not superb. Kep't refering to the House on Tradd st. which I just thought Ms. White could've used a different character for this house. Not a fan of sequels, prequels, etc. Just write a good story. Then write another good story.

Engrossing

Gosh, I think I breezed through this book in two days, which is actually a lot for me since I enjoy to read a little slower than most people. But I just couldn't stop with this one! I'm a Nancy Drew at heart, and love a good mystery and this presented all of the elements I love-- addicting mysteries, great characters, a little flirty romance, and great writing. I eagerly anticipate another book by White!

The Girl on Legare Street

I loved the first book in this series, The House on Tradd Street, but this one, at times, was a little harder to follow. At one point there are so many names flying around that you have to work to keep them all straight. However, I still can't wait for the third one. Karen White knows how to make you want more out of a story and her characters.

Girl on Legare Street

The Girl on Legare Street, Karen White's follow up to The House on Tradd Street, is a fun, easy read that's great for a rainy day or daily commute.

The plot of Legare Street is a little weaker than Tradd Street, but it was fun to watch Melanie grow and develop as her mother reenters her life, requiring her services as a realtor who sees dead people and a reluctant renovator of historical homes. The geneologies were a bit confusing, but this confusion help set the stage for the malevolant haunting that Melanie, her mother Ginnette, and Jack must face.

Melanie's petulance regarding Jack is wearing a bit thin, and there wasn't enough of Marc to add interest or conflict. Friends Sophie and Chad don't get nearly enough page time, and I wish the author had spent more time creating a sense of place -- Charleston is one of my favorite cities and I really can't believe that Melanie never visits the open air market. She does have the weather down, though.

Having said all this, The Girl on Legare Street caused me to forget to get off my bus at least once, and I am eagerly awaiting the next story in the series.

Great read

The book was really great. Can't wait for the new one in this series

Worth the Wait!

I read Karen White's The House on Tradd Street & was so anxious for this book to come into print! I LOVED the main characters & couldn't wait to go on another adventure with them!!

The Girl on Legare Street did NOT disappoint! I only hope that the ending to this book means that she might take us on yet another adventure with these two exciting characters.

fun book

I lived in a haunted house on Legare Street in Charleston! So I really loved this book!

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