Midnight Bayou. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2001 book
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Midnight Bayou
Nora Roberts, 2001
movie vs book
Ralph Hemecker, 2009

Harvard-educated lawyer Declan Fitzpatrick impulsively gives up his settled life to buy Manet Hall, a newly restored plantation manor near New Orleans, which he has always been drawn to. Local legends claim that the house is haunted, and shortly after Declan moves in, he begins hearing voices and seeing things. Declan is also distracted by an undeniable attraction to Cajun local, Lena Simone.