The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street

<b>The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive new novel in the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling series by Karen White.</b><br><br>Melanie Trenholm should be anticipating Christmas with nothing but joy&#151;after all it&#146;s only the second Christmas she and her husband Jack will celebrate with their twin toddlers. But the ongoing excavation of the centuries-old cistern in the garden of her historic Tradd Street home has been a huge millstone both financially and aesthetically. Local students are thrilled by the possibility of unearthing more Colonial-era artifacts at the cistern but Melanie is concerned by the ghosts connected to it that have suddenly invaded her life and her house&#151;and at least one of them is definitely not filled with holiday cheer....<br><br>And these relics aren&#146;t the only precious artifacts for which people are searching. A past adversary is convinced there is a long-lost Revolutionary War treasure buried somewhere on the property Melanie inherited&#151;untold riches rumored to have been brought over from France by the Marquis de Lafayette himself and intended to help the Colonial war effort. It&#146;s a treasure literally fit for a king and there have been whispers throughout history that many have already killed&#151;and died&#151;for it. And now someone will stop at nothing to possess it&#151;even if it means destroying everything Melanie and Jack hold dear.