Lady in Blue

<p>In 1742 Hepzibeth Harding works at the Blackhorse Tavern on Long Wharfe pouring pints for sailors and dreaming of someday owning a tavern of her own. But everything changes the day Captain John Strange walks through the door. Their entanglement leads to tragedy and after her untimely death Hepzibeth-strong-willed in life and even more so in death-refuses to move on. Bound to the home they once shared she haunts its halls for centuries tormenting John Strange and every soul who follows.</p><p></p><p>Then in 1972 ten-year-old Emilee moves into the old house. For the first time in generations Hepzibeth is seen-not as a ghostly menace but as something more. What begins as a haunting becomes an unexpected bond that may finally set them both free.</p><p></p><p>Inspired by author Diane Catherine Nelson's own childhood summer in a historic Rhode Island home-where she and her grandfather both encountered a mysterious lady in blue-this novel weaves supernatural mystery with historical fiction. <em>Lady in Blue: A Ghostly Tale</em> is a story of unfinished dreams unlikely friendships and the strange grace that lingers in places where the past refuses to rest.</p>