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Dreaming Of You

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I bought this because of the New Orleans locale and enjoyed every minute. It is a love story, and it's funny. I hope to read more of this author's work!

Storyline and characters were funny and likeable. I liked the ghost factor, even though at one point it gave me the chills.

Nick Gerard has had some problems with his property on 1113 Royal Street in New Orleans. Problems that keep holding up his ability to sell it. Determined to find out who or what is behind it all, he decides to go undercover as a tenant. So he flies down to Louisiana, but catches pneumonia and winds up sick as a dog in the building. A building Maggie Mayfair knows well. Since she'd moved in with a broken heart, the tenants there had taken her under their wings. She felt like they were all family. None of the tenants like the fact that the ogre of an owner is selling them down the river.

Maggie is determined never to fall in love again. But lust, a good old fashioned roll in the hay or two, that's a horse of a different color and when she meets the new tenant, she takes a shine to him. And because he is kind of secretive, she, like the other tenants in the building, assume he's a mysterious writer who is rumored to be in town doing a book.

Nick recognizes that Maggie is making a move and he thinks she looks just like the marrying kind, the kind he wants to avoid at all costs. But can he? And what will happen when Maggie finds out who he really is? Oh, and by the way, is there a matchmaking ghost on the premise or is that just a phony problem to scare away buyers? So much to ponder was you read through this witty book that I really enjoyed.

When Big Apple Meets Big Easy...

To Maggie Mayfair, a Bayou belle living in a French Quarter building whose residents are as eccentric as its architecture, nothing much comes as a surprise. Nothing, that is, except the news that her beloved home has just been put up for sale. 1313 Royal Street is so much more than a place to live-over the years Maggie's quirky neighbors have become like family. Thanks to some East Coast city slicker, they all face eviction-until Maggie decides to tap into the local folklore to scare away prospective buyers. But as strange phenomena that aren't part of the hoax begin to happen, something even more unexpected materializes between Maggie and the building's newest tenant, a writer named Nick...

...Does Love Stand A Ghost Of A Chance?

Manhattan investment banker Nick Gerard measures success by his balance sheet. His roots are in Louisiana, but it's a place he's barely had time to visit, much less live-until now. On doctor's orders, Nick has to take it easy for awhile-so where else to vacation but the Big Easy? He plans to go undercover to straighten out the problems he's been having trying to sell the building at 1313 Royal Street. But what Nick doesn't count on is a stubborn group of tenants, a ghost with the sniffles, and Maggie Mayfair-a blithe spirit who makes him dream of staying forever....

It seemed perfect: good looking guy, quirky girl, eccentric gang and even a ghost thrown in! but, somehow, it just wasnt a satisfying read. It had no bite too it. I know these are breezy books you pick up for escapism, but ... it could have been better. Sometimes you pick up a book and just laugh and laugh and laugh. this wasnt one of those books.