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1998448 pages
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In a house he is restoring, builder Don Lark meets a woman squatter who turns out to be a ghost. But Sylvie Delaney does not realize she is a ghost, thinking she is alive. Lark learns she was murdered and goes searching for the killer. As he sinks his teeth into his new project, Lark's new neighborhood starts to work its charms on him. He strikes up a romance with the real estate agent who sold him the house. His neighbors, two charming, chatty old ladies, ply him endlessly with delicious Southern cooking. Even Sylvie, the squatter Lark was once desperate to evict from the old house, is now…

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5 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2010
    Audible · 9781615875283
  • Paperback · English · 2005
    HarperTorch · 448 pages · 9780061093999
  • Other · English · 2013
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062281425
  • Other · English · 1999
    HarperCollins Paperbacks · 448 pages · 9780613913416
  • Other · English · 1998
    HarperCollins · 291 pages · 9780060176556
FictionConservation and restorationDwellingsFiction, thrillersSouthern states, fictionFiction, fantasy, generalFiction, fantasy, epicFiction, thrillers, general