Eternal Vows — Alice Alfonsi

1897, New Orleans French Quarter, Rosegate Mansion

It was midnight, and the drums were beating near Congo Square. As the incessant, driving rhythms filled the sultry Louisiana air with primal yearnings, a beautiful young bride restlessly awaited her groom's return.... But her love had just arrived, had scarcely tasted her lips, when a deadly intruder shattered their destiny....

1997, Rosegate Mansion

Tori Avalon inherited a French Quarter mansion, complete with beautiful antiques, a lovely garden -- and a pair of ghosts. French Creoles who had been murdered on their wedding night, these lost souls could not rest until love was born in the house where they died. They conjured up a heavenly man for Tori: a devilishly handsome Cajun who would stir her desire with his teasing drawl, bedroom eyes, and exquisite body.

The spirits of the lovers had come home, to haunt and unite another couple....