Every day at dusk, in a small Louisiana town, the dead emerge from Lorelei Lake.

And travel writer Viola Valentine must use her "gift" of seeing ghosts to rid this town of its apparitions. Viola struggles not only with the task at-hand, but hopes that this evolving ability she obtained after Hurricane Katrina will help her reach her beloved Lillye.

Yet, the more Viola struggles to talk to her departed daughter, the more frustrated she gets. Plus, it's 2008, the height of the Great Recession, travel jobs are hard to come by, and her suffocating family and ex-husband keep making demands. She takes solace in a new love interest, one who teaches her how to harness her anger.

In the end, Viola realizes that only love can solve her problems, from ridding ghosts of lakeside towns to healing a broken heart.

Ghost Town, book two in the Viola Valentine Mystery Series.

BOOK DETAILS

• Contemporary paranormal mystery

• Book Two of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series

• A full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words

• R-rated content: Light sexuality

• Set in Louisiana and the Deep South

Books by Cherie Claire:

The Viola Valentine Mystery Series

A Ghost of a Chance

Ghost Town

Trace of a Ghost

Ghost Trippin'

Give Up the Ghost

The Ghost is Clear (novella)

Ghost Fever

Ghost Lights

The Cajun Embassy

Ticket to Paradise

Damn Yankees

Gone Pecan

The Cajun Series

Emilie

Rose

Gabrielle

Delphine

A Cajun Dream

The Letter

Carnival Confessions: A Mardi Gras Novella

Non-fiction titles by Chere Coen:

Magic's in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris Bags and Sachets with Jude Bradley

Exploring Cajun Country: A Tour of Historic Acadiana

Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana

Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History