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Claire's House: Spooky Louisiana Tales Kindle Edition

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CLAIRE’S HOUSE

Local folklore in the bayous of Louisiana states that Claire’s House once stood on a special plot of land. Many men perished trying to own it. The Gautier family obtained the cherished place. Beloved members of this French family finally decided to build a second home there. The beautiful antebellum home which they designed won everyone’s heart in the New Orleans area.

Eventually, tales of strange occurrences resulted in fear for the locals. Was it true that it even became a "House of Ill-Repute" by the Madame Savannah? Such strange stories circulated. Many stated that House could feel emotions of those who inhabited her.

This noble structure stood for many decades until the death of the most beloved owner, Savannah. Upon her death, it is said that Claire’s House self-imploded. Although she was named Claire’s House, someone else won her heart.

This is the story of Claire’s House and her most beloved character, Savannah Smith. Be prepared to read non-stop. It is impossible to lay Claire’s House aside. Is it possible that a house can feel emotions of the owners? The folklore of the New Orleans area promises this is true of Claire's House. The consequences of this ability are frightening!

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Linda Heavner Gerald has received much acclaim for her books. She has been writing for over six years and published seventeen novels. Her work includes all genres. Linda writes each day with the goal of publishing books of substance. She draws from her medical background to alert her readers of current medical problems as well as providing inspiration through her many travels. Linda hopes to transport her readers from the safety of their home to places which they may never discover. Her most important goal is demonstrating that God loves all of us. Even though her characters create problems for themselves, she wittingly shows how God can extract us from the mess we make. The President's Book Award has been awarded several of her books for the past three years. This author also obtained international acclaim. Linda's books are all over the world.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MPX527Z
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lime Pie Publishers (October 24, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 24, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2890 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1533536627
  • Customer Reviews:
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Linda Heavner Gerald has received much acclaim for her books. She has been writing for over seven years and has published twenty novels. Her work includes all genres. Linda writes each day with the goal of publishing books of substance. She draws from her medical background to alert readers of current medical problems as well as provide inspiration through her many travels. Linda hopes to transport her readers from the safety of their home to places that they might never discover.

Her most important goal is to demonstrate that God loves all of us. Even though her characters create problems for themselves, she wittingly shows how God can extract us from the mess we make. In 2017, the prestigious John E. Weaver Excellent Reader Award selected Sins of Summer as a recipient. The President's Book Award has been awarded several of her books for the past three years. Some of the winners for this award are: Betrayed in Beaufort, Sins of Summer. The Soldier and the Author, Annapolis Summers, Till Heaven Then Forever, Confessions of an Assassin, and Rosemary's Beach House. This author has also obtained international acclaim. Linda's books are all over the world. Reader’s Favorite bestowed the silver medal for her YA book, AnnaPolis Summers, in 2018. In 2019, Linda won the Reader’s Favorite Gold medal in Urban Fiction for the book: Cycles of Hatred; also in 2019, Sins of Summer won Finalist Recognition for Christian Living, and in the same year, Honorable Mention for Rosemary's Beach House in Christian/Romance/Contemporary. In the year 2020, her book Perfect won the Bronze for Young Adult Social Issues; Dear John won the Reader's Favorite Gold in the same year for Christian/ Romance/Contemporary. Dear John also won a Book Excellence Award in the same year.

The Gulf of Mexico delights her as she shares her world with her husband, Buddy, of twenty-six years, and their yellow cat, Jackson Brownie Gerald. Her son recently joined them in Florida, where the most beautiful beaches in the world welcome them.

Linda's current book, Castles in the Fog, continues as the second addition to the Alladale Series. It weaves a tale of betrayal inside the twenty-three thousand-acre estate named, Alladale. This European Nature Reserve is a real place, as are many other sites in this novel. Brilliantly, the author blends truth with fiction in a "whodunit" that will keep you late into the night. Your review on Amazon will be greatly appreciated.

You can visit her website at www.lindaheavnergerald.com

Linda would love to "chat" with you at www.Facebook.com/LindaHeavnerGerald/Author

Contact her on Twitter @LindaHeavnerGer

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Customers find the book engaging and hard to put down. They describe the story as suspenseful, quirky, and unexpected. Readers appreciate the well-developed characters with different personalities. The writing style is described as well-written and the author has a solid reputation as a mystery thriller writer.

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"This was definitely my kind of story. I’m a huge fan of scary and suspenseful and Claire’s House gave me just the right amount of both...." Read more

"...The plot is well condensed by Linda’s synopsis: ‘Local folklore in the bayous of Louisiana states that Claire’s House once stood on a special plot..." Read more

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"...Entertainment with a paranormal touch that ends with a smile. Reviewed by the author of The Children's Story, About Good and Evil." Read more

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Customers enjoy the character development. They find the characters interesting and well-developed with a rich tapestry of personalities. It's interesting to think about the people from the House's perspective.

"...what I normally look for but, it was an interesting read; full of unusual characters, all of which would fit in the lower Louisiana area quite well...." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016
    This was definitely my kind of story. I’m a huge fan of scary and suspenseful and Claire’s House gave me just the right amount of both. Set in Louisiana, the story starts with the wealthy Gautier family and their residence known as the White House and “House.”. One of the members of the family is Claire and the house has a certain adoring affection for her, evidenced by its deadly actions both within the family and beyond. I never thought that a lifeless object could be described with so much life, but the author proved me wrong. I actually felt like “House” was a person, even more than the people in the story, which was amazing to read. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that done before. Furthermore, you will not be disappointed in this story. Linda Heavner Gerald gives a great mix of suspense and thriller with a elements of horror within. You will be on the edge of your seat all the way to the end.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2016
    I received this book in order to write my honest review....

    I liked this book... takes awhile to really get in the groove of the book but eventually it shows ..
    the imaginative way the author creates the character from an inanimate house....
    almost a disney "smart house " LOL....
    A house that could think, feel, and almost insert itself into a person's life.
    So much so that locals told tales of hauntings, and other strange happenings.
    I really like Susie/Savannah who morphed into the very person she had wanted to be all her life.
    Susie had been teased and taunted by classmates when she was growing up. She believed if she could be beautiful, she would be popular.
    Her nights were spent in torture and sexual abuse by her drunken father. Her life became a failure.
    The author's ending of House and Savannah was great. They came full circle.
    Savannah's belief in God helped her in her morphing into a different person.
    I would recommend this book to others.

    Claire's House is a unique novel ... half southern Gothic,half French or cajun french ... and half romance....along with a bit of "spooky "
    While that may annoy some folks you really have to follow the stories sometimes reading slowly to capture the idea of what Claires house is about...
    I found that it made it more interesting.. as well as understanding the story /plot ... The critic(sp)...
    I have of this book is that the setting sometimes lingered in Europe/Paris ..a little too long before returning to Louisiana...but it ends well..
    Good book...
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2017
    The style of "Claire's House" is not what I normally look for but, it was an interesting read; full of unusual characters, all of which would fit in the lower Louisiana area quite well. Did I love it? No, but I did enjoy it most of the time.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016
    Florida author Linda Heavner Gerald has retired from her medical background and is living and writing along the Gulf of Mexico. She has already established a solid reputation as a writer of eight mystery thrillers, winning awards both in this country and abroad. Linda’s keen eye for evil in her books is matched by her conviction that ‘regardless of our actions, God is always ready to welcome us back with forgiveness.’ Rather than simply titillate her readers with superbly terrifying stories and psychological drama she offers a bit of a rainbow at the end – a sense of hope or encouragement for the characters of her books.

    Linda’s ability to paint a setting for a novel grows with each of her books. In this wonderfully strange story she manages to capture the allure and the mystery of Louisiana (the site of the title Claire’s House) in her opening paragraphs – ‘Deep in a haunting bayou of Louisiana, a strange plot of enchanting land exists. Beautiful, green grass covers a square plot of two acres. The Gautier family owned two hundred and twenty acres of the land that encompassed this unique piece of earth. Surrounded by massive swamps, the savageness of the area abounds in the folklore from earlier generations concerning this isolated place. Alligators roam as well as large lizards and snakes. Still, the square of land is lovely to behold. A magnetism exists here unlike any other land in Louisiana or the world. Christophe and Claire Gautier inherited it from Christophe’s Cajun uncle, Louie. Claire felt hesitant even to consider building a home on such a raw piece of land, but her husband convinced her that it would make a gorgeous destination from their Paris mansion.’ Prepared for mystery that touches on paranormal the reader steps though this atmosphere with both trepidation and excitement and of course, rewards at the ending.

    The plot is well condensed by Linda’s synopsis: ‘Local folklore in the bayous of Louisiana states that Claire’s House once stood on a special plot of land. Many men perished trying to own it. The Gautier family obtained the cherished place. Beloved members of this French family finally decided to build a second home there. The beautiful antebellum home which they designed won everyone’s heart in the New Orleans area. Eventually, tales of strange occurrences resulted in fear for the locals. Was it true that it even became a "House of Ill-Repute" by the Madame Savannah? Such strange stories circulated. Many stated that House could feel emotions of those who inhabited her. This noble structure stood for many decades until the death of the most beloved owner, Savannah. Upon her death, it is said that Claire’s House self-imploded. Although she was named Claire’s House, someone else won her heart… a house can feel emotions of the owners.’

    Hopefully this leaves enough ravenous suspense for any reader to proceed into this strange place, this space of mystery – so eloquently written that it becomes obvious that we are in the presence of a very fine author indeed. Grady Harp, October16
    I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2016
    Christophe Gautier buys a grand estate in the Louisiana Bayou and has a special house built for his wife, Claire. The house was built with so much love and care that it seems as if the house itself has feelings. Christophe and Claire's idea was to have a place where the entire family could get together. Unfortunately, the entire family had problems getting along and rarely visited the grand estate. Years later, Christophe, Claire, and their children are killed in a plane crash on their way to Paris.

    The House has a personality and feels hurt when Christophe and Claire fail to return. The main story deals with the various people who inhabit the house over the years. The characters are fairly will developed with some being easy to like and others being easy to dislike. As the people come and go, the HOUSE develops a reputation, some of which is less than desirable..

    This is a different type of story from what I normally read. The book is interesting and well written, although at times it seems the House is the main focus of the story and at other times the people are the main focus.

    I received a copy of this book from the author and elected to provide this review.

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