Blue Moon [Paperback]

C. Ledbetter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 3, 2008

A run-down Louisiana plantation that feels strangely familiar...

A Blue Moon Voodoo ceremony that results in a disturbing vision about the plantation’s former owners, Jean-Pierre and Magdalene Laroussard, who mysteriously disappeared over a hundred years ago...

An apparition begging for help...

Promises from a local Voodoo cult that seem more like threats...

Despite the danger, Mary Corbett is determined to understand what is happening to her. Why is someone reaching out to her from beyond the grave? Is it all psychic vision, an awakening gift? What about the images of dying? Are they memory? Whose memory?

Or could they be a premonition?

Editorial Reviews

Review

Blue Moon is a riveting suspense and romance story which dares you to keep reading regardless of the late hour. -- Reviewed by Eva Almeida : eBooks N' Bytes Reviews

Ledbetter weaves an intriguing and exciting tale of past lives and old souls that leaves the reader eager for more. -- Reviewed by M.R. Henderson, author of If I Should Die, By Reason of, and The Killing Game

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: DLSIJ Press (March 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 192897337X
• ISBN-13: 978-1928973379
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,962,582 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done paranormal romance, November 11, 2000

By 

Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Moon (Paperback)

The luck of the assignment draw pleases Mary Corbett as she chooses a sealed envelope containing an inventory job in her hometown of Boston. In turn this allows her to spend time with her sister during the holidays. However, when co-worker Tony Parker asks her to switch with him, the kind team player agrees especially since Tony has covered her in the past.

Mary travels to the old Martine Louisiana plantation about a hundred miles north of Baton Rouge. There she meets her co-curator Jack Windom, a person she once wanted to share a bed with but he rejected her overtures since he was engaged at the time. To Mary's chagrin, she remains attracted to the married Jack. Worse yet for Mary is the visions and nightmares that she begins to see of the previous owners, Jean-Pierre and Magdalene Larrusard, dead for well over a century. Haunted by them, Mary tries to help find peace for Magdalene and herself.

BLUE MOON is a fabulous contemporary gothic-like ghost story filled with action and growing suspense that hooks the audience into a one sitting read. Mary is a compassionate individual that makes her the prefect foil for the star-crossed lovers who disturb her every breath. Jack is a hero in every sense of the word. The lead duo makes a great couple even though the resolution of his marriage is too simple. The secondary cast adds depth ranging from voodoo to assignment swapping, which in turn provides additional insight into Jack, Mary, and the two ghosts. When it comes to leading suspense tales C.D. Ledbetter is one of the better writers on the market today.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Moon by C.D. Ledbetter, October 6, 2000

By 

M. R. Henderson (Minneapolis, Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Moon (Paperback)

A compelling combination of suspense and romance with a touch of believable supernatural. Mary Corbett is a spunky, true-to-life heroine who is drawn into a century-old mystery that forces her to find the solution in order to maintain her sanity and realize her dream of the future. I found myself rooting for Mary all the way and cheering at the choices she made. A very well written page turner.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Careful What You Wish For, October 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue Moon (Paperback)

Mary Corbett's calm, sedate routine is shattered the moment she sets foot on the Louisiana Plantation she's come to evaluate. From the moment she drives up, she begins to remember things about this house that she shouldn't know.

To make matters worse, the other curator is a man she had a humiliating encounter with five years ago. She allows Jack to talk her into attending a Blue Moon Voodoo ceremony, where she has a vivid vision of the former owners, who mysteriously disappeared over a hundred years ago.

After the job is complete Jack returns home, but Mary continues to be disturbed by the visions she saw in the flames. To make matters worse, she's visited several times by the ghost-like apparition of the Magdalene Laroussard, the former owner who disappeared. Each time Magdalene appears, she begs for Mary's help.

Mary's journey to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the former owners is fraught with danger, as she makes some very real enemies along the way. Blue Moon is a vivid page-turner that will keep you up reading long after it's time to go to bed. The characters are well-drawn, the plot comes with numerous twists and turns, and the author keeps you guessing until the very last page.

This book is WONDERFUL and I LOVED IT! From the moment I started reading I was hooked, and couldn't put it down. I would recommend this book to anybody who loves a suspenseful mystery entertwined with romantic overtones.