Night of the Candles — Patricia Maxwell

In the heart of Louisiana Amanda Trent has arrived at her cousin-' plantation to find Amelia's death looming over the war torn grounds. There is a dark secret in the shadows around every corner and in the heart of Amelia-s widower, Jason Monteigne. Amanda only wants to leave the haunted home but an accident has ensnared her in a tangled web of mystery, passion and hidden desire. What is it that haunts Jason-s every moment and will Amanda discover the truth of her cousin-s death?

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A beautiful woman condemned to fear...a breathtaking novel of love and possession

Lovely Amanda Trent hadn't known, when she came to the decaying Monteigne mansion to give her cousin Amelia a valuable family heirloom, that her cousin had recently died under mysterious circumstances. Nor did she know that she so strongly resembled the deceased.

But soon after her arrival, strange things began to happen to her. Inexplicable things that couldn't happen. and suddenly Amanda realized that she was slowly being guided from beyond into a dead woman's life, a dead woman's romance -- and, quite possibly, a dead woman's grave.