Follow Me

by Mary Beth Bass

Book Overview

Claire Islington has everything. Her boyfriend is a handsome doctor who adores her. She owns her own successful business in Boston. Only a selfish fool would complain or want more. And yet Claire... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0505526344
• ISBN13: 9780505526342
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Love Spell
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Follow Me: In love with the past.

Overall I thought this was a pretty good book. At first I had a hard time of really getting into because of my dislike of Claire's boyfriend, Ian. I really could not stand how he always had to throw little comments at her to belittle her for every little thing she did. Anyway, after I got past that the book was pretty good. There was a lot of bouncing around from the present to the 1800's but it was pretty easy to follow. It's a story about a girl, Claire who is haunted by her past. She had an incredible night of passion with a man who she felt was the love of her life. This man was a person she could only assume as a ghost. This book is about her trying to get on with her life with her boyfriend and forget about the man who she felt that she's always known. It's not the best book I've ever read, but it was pretty good.

Best Book EVER!

This is by far the best book I've ever read, if you don't read this book you'll be reading nothing. You don't even have to read it just buy it!

Intriguing Plot - Haunting Love Story

When you read the back cover of this debut novel by Mary Beth Bass I am sure you will be as intrigued with the plot as I was. A young successful woman has a boyfriend who is a handsome, well to do doctor who seemingly adores her, yet she can't seem to forget, and is haunted, by an episode of a wild night of sex that occurred seven years before with a dream lover she can only believe is a ghost? Wow, now this seemed like a truly intriguing novel - what a concept! Even though the author switched back and forth from modern day to the year 1824 quite rapidly, the story was intriguing enough to hold my interest. Claire Islington was trying to get on with her life, but memories of the passion and the subsequent feelings of familiarity of that one memorable night haunted her. Her boyfriend, Ian, who I soon came to dislike intensely for his controlling maneuvers, pushed and prodded Claire for a commitment that she `felt' she should take, even though she could not shake the memory of her nineteenth century lover. Living in the modern day, coincidences with things, and events of the past all seemed to keep Claire off balance and searching for something very elusive, though she always felt was there. It is also the story of a most intelligent woman, Kate Ishingham, trained in the very unladylike, for that era, profession as a physician. Not only did she want to practice medicine but she was also a brilliant researcher who was on the cusp of finding a cure for prevalent nineteenth century disease. Harcourt Abernathy was in love with, found, and then lost Kate - the woman of his dreams, the pulse that beat his heart, the elusive transient love that haunted him and then with the help of a `friend' he found again, in Claire. *** This was a complicated tale with a story within a story and the author switches back and forth giving the background of a hauntingly beautiful tale of two people destined as `soul mates' but didn't quite manage to have the life together that should have been theirs. Oftentimes, I found it a bit tough to follow by the rapid story switching and a slower read as well as I reread passages trying to fit the pieces together, but regardless, the writing and the sensual quality of the story was superb. As the two stories run parallel to one another, you are introduced to a plethora of intriguing characters from both eras and the clever twist that delivers a heart-wrenching and beautiful ending proving once and for all, that `love is enough.' --- Marilyn, for www.romancedesigns.com ---

enthralling paranormal romance

On the advice of her friend Toby, Dr. Ian Gilbertson takes his beloved Clare Islington to the Black Hound Inn in Dorset, Vermont. Seven years ago Clare had an eerie experience at this supposedly haunted historical site; Toby insists that returning her will enable her to move on with her life and Ian's hopes with him. In 1824, Harcourt Abernathy stays at the relatively new Black Hound Inn in Vermont where he is conducting business. He mourns the death of his beloved Kate, who passed away five months ago, but he has never recovered form the loss. Clare thinks back to her first stay at the inn when she met an almost two century old ghost Harcourt who insists she is the reincarnation of his Kate. Shaken to her core, Clare fled. Now that she is back, Harcourt hopes to woo her back to his time where he is a mortal not a spirit although Ian is worthy human competition. Though at times it is difficult to follow the plot switches between the past and present, readers will enjoy this enthralling paranormal romance. The characters drive the tale as the romantic triangle of the present and the melancholy love story from the nineteenth century come across due to fully developed key players. Fans will want to follow Mary Beth Bass for future tales of love from beyond if this is an indicator of her work. Harriet Klausner

Haunted!

A paranormal read unlike any other that takes you on a journey into the past even as you walk the path of the present. With images layered upon sensations, it brings goosebumps and chills to the surface making a memorable book. If you have ever glimpsed something that you were sure was truly there or felt a coincidence that shouldn't be possible, this book will touch you. It was an experience I will not easily let go and I hope the author keeps her pen dancing on the paper for another sensational journey to come our way!