Ohhhh I LOVE human/ghost romance stories!!!!! In fact, I fell HARD for a Lifetime (or was it a Hallmark?) Christmas movie last year with this very same subject and was crazy for it! LOL!!!
Anyway…
Nadine asks:
Hello guys! Can you help me please??
I’m looking for a book, it’s about a woman who went into an haunted old house that was her grandmother’s (I think?) and through a mirror (I think?), she met and fell in love with a man from the past in the same old house.
I think this man used to live in that same house a long time ago so he’s a ghost.
I’d really appreciate your help because I want to read it badly now!
Thank you!UPDATE FROM NADINE (2 years later – 2020):
I did eventually find this one book that I think might be it but I’m not 100% sure: My Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller. I’m still searching to this day, I also remember the cover being blue with a haunted house in the distance but that’s as far as I remember.
So while this is NOT an accurate guess, since you’re looking for a book, in the meantime, might I suggest this terrific movie called The Spirit of Christmas. Trust me, a TON of us were going crazy and swooning over this ghost on Facebook. 😉
Okay so now… any guesses what book she’s looking for (and that now I AM looking for)?
Jen C: Not about the book but GOSH that movie was lovely!
Maryse: I KNOW IT!!!! I watched it all through the Holiday every time it came on. <3
Laura: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics by Josephine Leslie, writing as R. A. Dick (1945); made into a movie in 1947. This is one of the rare cases where I preferred the movie to the book.
Alisa: The “ghost story” sounds like it could be one of Antoinette Stockenberg’s titles, but I don’t know which one. Also, there is a book by Sara Humphreys from 2015 called LUCK OF THE IRISH (Leprechaun’s Gold Book 1). It’s a leprechaun who is trapped in the mirror and the h has an amulet that can release him. It was labeled at the first of a new series, but I haven’t seen any further titles listed on Goodreads.
Maryse: Oooooh!! I just remembered one that I LOVED!!!!!!! Could it be this? Dark Needs at Night’s Edge (Immortals After Dark, Book 4) by Kresley Cole? In fact, here’s my review.
Jamie: The book was called The Mirror, it was her wedding present and it transported her back to her grandma’s body and brandywine mines
Maryse: Ohhhhhhhh I BET THAT’S IT!!! It’s been a couple of years since this question originally posted, but I will try and let Nadine know about your guess!!! Thank you Jamie!!!
Nadine: Hi Maryse, I can’t believe you’ve contacted me after 2 years, thank you! Unfortunately neither of the books are the right book but I did eventually find this one book that I think might be it but I’m not 100% sure: My Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller. I’m still searching to this day, I also remember the cover being blue with a haunted house in the distance but that’s as far as I remember.
Sharyn: Holy cow, NADINE! I have for years and years tried finding exactly what you described and still haven’t found the book. I read it in maybe 6th or 7th grade, I am 30 years old.
Blue cover with an old house. Girl moves into haunted home, find some sort of portal to the past. falls in love with boy/man from that time.
Do you remember possibly toward the end, a barn scene. where the love interest OR maybe the antagonist a male/owner of the haunted home is stabbed with a pitchfork? and the barn going up in flames?
Another clue for the mysterious ghost/love story is I think the girl was VISITING the old haunted house. like teenagers were daring each other to go in and she found a portal and kept going back to the haunted house to see the boy/try to save him
Mari: I’ve read this book as well. I’ve been looking for it again but forgot the name. What I do recall it’s something about: the last house down the street, the house down the street, something around there.
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Maryse am trying to find a book about a biker who came out of jail. He has a bakery and tries to help ex- cons. He sees a woman who vists his bakery regularly and now he wants to get to know her.
Not about the book but GOSH that movie was lovely!
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by Josephine Leslie, writing as R. A. Dick (1945); made into a movie in 1947. This is one of the rare cases where I preferred the movie to the book.
Hi Maryse, I am looking for this book; Heroine’s father kills the wife and child of a rich man (possible drunk driving) and is sentenced to prison. The heroine lives her life and graduates college at which time she receives a ‘free vacation” to an island paradise”. Unbeknownst to her, the rich man (I can’t remember his name) has paid for her education and the trip. He plans to kidnap her, make her “pay” for her fathers deeds and to impregnate her. He is into rough BDSM and she falls for him, but never stops planning her escape. Eventually, she sees a chance to escape but during the attempt, becomes entangled in the boats equipment. The man tries to rescue her and also becomes trapped, but is able to finally rescue her. (I won’t spoil the ending for others who want to read). Thank you.
Okay Cheryl! I’ll post it soon and message you when it’s up so we can track the guesses. 🙂
The “ghost story” sounds like it could be one of Antoinette Stockenberg’s titles, but I don’t know which one. Also, there is a book by Sara Humphreys from 2015 called Luck of the Irish. It’s a leprechaun who is trapped in the mirror and the h has an amulet that can release him. It was labeled at the first of a new series, but I haven’t seen any further titles listed on Goodreads.
Hi Cheryl! I just posted your question so keep an eye on it in case you see the right guess. 🙂 Here it is:
https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-about-the-girl-whos-father-is-in-prison-for-killing-a-wealthy-mans-wife-and-child-and-now-he-wants-revenge.html
Hey Lisa! I posted your question. 🙂 Let’s see if we get any good guesses.
https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-about-the-biker-that-has-a-bakery.html
Please help I read this book in 2007 about a American girl who travels to either Ireland or Scotland because she gets a letter addresssed to her father who specializes in tropical medicine..anyway her father is dead but she stills travel to see
Her father friend who need help because he is on his death bed .. than a ghost shows up I her room from
The 15 or 16 century
Whom only she can see and they fall in love ..
The friend who is sick the daughter find out that his wife has been poisoning him because she is sleeping with his cousin who is next in line should the friend dies..
Anyway they find out she heals him
And ghost goes away .but in the end the friend brother returns from being lost in the Amazon ..and long and behold it’s her ghost she fell in love with just in human form….anyone knows the name of this book ????
Hi Tammey! I just posted your reader question here:
https://www.maryse.net/reader-questions/reader-question-the-book-about-the-girl-that-falls-in-love-with-a-ghost-when-she-travels-to-help-her-fathers-sick-friend.html
Let us know if you see the right guess. 🙂
The book was called The Mirror, it was her wedding present and it transported her back to her grandma’s body and brandywine mines
Ohhhhhhhh I BET THAT’S IT!!! It’s been a couple of years since this question originally posted, but I will try and let Nadine know about your guess!!! Thank you Jamie!!!
Holy cow, NADINE! I have for years and years tried finding exactly what you described and still haven’t found the book. I read it in maybe 6th or 7th grade, I am 30 years old.
Blue cover with an old house. Girl moves into haunted home, find some sort of portal to the past. falls in love with boy/man from that time.
Do you remember possibly toward the end, a barn scene. where the love interest OR maybe the antagonist a male/owner of the haunted home is stabbed with a pitchfork? and the barn going up in flames?
Another clue for the mysterious ghost/love story is I think the girl was VISITING the old haunted house. like teenagers were daring each other to go in and she found a portal and kept going back to the haunted house to see the boy/try to save him
I don’t remember the story at all unfortunately but if it is a blue cover with an old house, it must be it! I’ve been searching for it for years as well!
Ok, I did more digging and went ahead and bought a book that I think might be it. I skimmed through it and I’m like 99.9% sure its it! I think I figured it out Nadine! 18 years later, finally.
The House Next Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick
OMG YAYYYYY!!!!!
I’ve read this book as well. I’ve been looking for it again but forgot the name. What I do recall it’s something about: the last house down the street, the house down the street, something around there.
I know this book but can’t remember the title? The mirror part rang a bell. I love ghost stories & hope someone else remembers!