The Visitant: A Venetian Ghost Story

A crumbling palazzo in nineteenth-century Venice holds a buried secret.After she nearly ruins her family with a terrible misstep, Elena Spira is sent to Venice to escape disgrace and to atone by caring for the ailing Samuel Farber. But the crumbling and decaying Ca’ Basilio palazzo, where Samuel is ensconced, holds tragic secrets, and little does Elena know how profoundly they will impact her. Soon she begins to sense that she is being watched by something. And when Samuel begins to have hallucinations that make him violent and unpredictable, she can’t deny she’s in mortal danger.Then impoverished nobleman Nero Basilio, Samuel’s closest friend and the owner of the palazzo, arrives. Elena finds herself entangled with both men in a world where the past seeps into the present and nothing is as it seems. As Elena struggles to discover the haunting truth before it destroys her, a dark force seems to hold Samuel and the Basilio in thrall―is it madness, or something more sinister?

The Seattle Times

“Kitsap Peninsula author Megan Chance returns to the haunting, atmospheric milieu of her last novel (Inamorata)―Venice in the late nineteenth century―for this new novel about three people and a decaying mansion full of secrets...As a romantic triangle develops and the plot advances, Chance’s command of hinting nuances sets the stage for the reader’s unease.”

Historical Novel Society

“The Visitant: A Venetian Ghost Story is a wonderfully drawn Gothic tale...[evoking] everything that is wonderful in the genre: secretive characters, an old house, and of course, ghosts and demons...The Visitant will keep readers turning pages well into the night.”

About the Author

Megan Chance is a critically acclaimed, award-winning author of historical fiction. Her novels have been chosen for the Borders Original Voices and Book Sense programs. A former television news photographer and graduate of Western Washington University, Chance lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two daughters.A former child actor, Julia Whelan has appeared in numerous films and television shows, most notably in ABC’s acclaimed series Once and Again. After majoring in Creative Writing at Middlebury College, Julia began narrating audiobooks. She has garnered multiple Earphones Awards, been repeatedly named one of AudioFile Magazine’s Best Voices, was named Audible.com's Narrator of the Year, and won an Audie Award.

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