Feb 17, 2025
Eclectic authors are right up my alley, and Tabitha Caplinger is no exception. Listen in and see why I bought The Castle Rose before we finished our interview!
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Fantasy of all sorts (light or deep) seems to be Tabitha's strength, but when you mash up Beauty and the Beast with Phantom of the Opera and set it in New Orleans...
Add in beignets and... well... score!
The Castle Rose by Tabitha Caplinger
Bastian Roux lived and died a hundred years ago. Kind of. He
certainly feels like nothing more than a ghost as he haunts the
abandoned Castle Rose Theatre, his only solace found in the notes
of his piano. That is until Odette arrives.
Odette Durand moved to New Orleans for a fresh start. The
coffee-addicted local bookshop manager never expected to be pulled
into something supernatural and she certainly doesn’t believe in
ghosts. But seeing a man no one else can see and hearing music that
shouldn’t exist makes a girl question her beliefs–and her
sanity.
With a mysterious and somewhat charming Southern gentleman thrown
in the mix, Odette finds herself entangled in a century-old rivalry
bound by a curse. If she’s the only one who can see Bastian, is she
also the only one who can break whatever is keeping him stuck in
the realm between the living and the dead? As Odette and Bastian
navigate the shadows of Bastian’s past, they must grapple with the
ultimate question: Will breaking the curse give Bastian his life
back or take it away forever?
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