The Lady on Esplanade [Large Print]

By Karen White

People and secrets from the past threaten to disrupt Nola Trenholm's new life in New Orleans in the third novel of the Royal Street series by New York Times bestselling author Karen White.

Nola is ready to focus on starting over in the Big Easy. She wants to get back to work on the renovations of her Creole Cottage, and she is eager to start a new "murder house flipping" business with contractor, closet psychic, and part-time nemesis, Beau Ryan. After their near-death ghostly run-in and the return of Beau's missing sister, they are confident that the ghost of his mother can finally rest.

For her first project, Nola believes the shotgun house on the famed Esplanade Avenue is a prime fixer upper. The house may have been the site of a woman's murder and the disappearance of an entire family, but it will be perfect for new-in-town Cooper Ravenel--who also happens to be Nola's first heartbreak.

That's the least of Nola's worries, though. In addition to the elusive spirit of an angry young woman who accompanied Cooper to New Orleans, the house on Esplanade has its own resident ghosts, including one that's becoming increasingly dangerous as he tries to hide his own dark secrets. And then the wet footprints from the spirit of Beau's mother have returned to let them know that there is still unfinished business before she can rest. Spectral danger is headed towards them, and it's up to Nola to convince Beau to help before it's too late...

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DW3J1MB2
• ISBN13: 9798217082568
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

So so read

11/15/25 - 11/24/25 The Lady on Esplanade (Royal Street #3) by Karen White This is the first novel I have read by Karen White for my November book club with Brenda Novak’s Book Club Group. Ironically on 11/15/25 I went to a psychic fair in a town about 35 miles away from me and saw the same psychic I have seen the past three times. This on the same day I started this book. While I believe in readings, or hearing about the people that have passed sending us message, I do not nor have I ever seen paranormal ghosts or felt changes in temperature, etc. so I kind of felt some of this was not so realistic and to have so many people tied together being able to have these abilities I just can’t believe that. So I guess I didn’t find it as entertaining. I have volunteered in places that people have stated the places are haunted, but if people have felt that, they have special powers and I must lack them as I have not witness anything. Maybe if I had read Stories 1 & 2 prior to this one things would have flowed better for me. To say the least, I struggled to get through this novel.