Love Of My Heart [Paperback]

Bess McBride (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2009

Aggie has done what no mental health therapist should do. She's fallen in love with her mysterious client, Bill. Aggie has recently purchased an old Victorian house on a hillside overlooking Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Washington; where she finds an old photograph of a Victorian era couple and a love letter written in 1885. The letter speaks of another love that can never be'that of Louise, the daughter of a wealthy English family, and her Irish lover, William. Heartbroken, Aggie soon begins to dream of the forbidden love between Louise and William, but in her dreams, William's face mirrors that of her beloved, Bill. Bill is in love with Aggie, and he can't figure out how to get close to her. If only he hadn't entered her professional doors as a client. How is he going to fix this?

Editorial Reviews

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"The best part of this story is that true love endures. The author gives the reader a HEA that ties up all the loose ends, even the supernatural. Interestingly enough, she wrote the course of Louise's and William's romance in a way that could mirror real life; decisions we make along the way affect our future in surprising ways.

I enjoyed reading about how a man and a woman from two diverse families, influenced and manipulated by the ghosts of the past, find love in the future. Ms. McBride has an incredible turn of mind." -- The Long and Short of It, Michele, July 2007

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"This is a wonderful Faery Rose blending old and new. Bess weaves a tale of a therapist who falls for a client and they soon find out they have a tangled past - not their past but someone else's.

This book haunts me and I find I'm thinking of it at the oddest times. When I finished reading it, sighed heavily not only that it was over but it that turned out so well."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press (July 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1601540914
• ISBN-13: 978-1601540911
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,281,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bess McBride made her first serious writing attempt when she was 14. She shut herself up in her bedroom one summer while obsessively working on a time travel/pirate novel set in the beloved Caribbean of her youth, but she wasn't able to hammer it out on a manual typewriter (oh yeah, she's that old) before it was time to go back to school. The draft of that novel has long since disappeared, but the story is still simmering within, and she will finish the adventure one day soon.

Bess was born in Aruba to American parents and lived in Venezuela until her family returned to the United States when she was 12. She couldn't fight the global travel bug within and joined the U.S. Air Force at 18 to "see the world." After 21 wonderful and fulfilling years traveling the world and gaining one beautiful daughter, she pursued her dream of finally getting a college education. With a license in mental health therapy, she worked with veterans and continues to work on behalf of veterans. She writes romantic suspense, contemporary, light paranormal/fantasy and time travel romances and currently has seven novels published. She can be contacted through her web site at http://www.bessmcbride.com.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love of My Heart, August 18, 2008

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Victoria Pitts Caine (Fresno, CA) - See all my reviews

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This is the best book I've read in a long time. It continues to haunt me at the most interesting times. I love the old Victoria houses, the flash backs and the couple finding out they were meant for each other even through time. The last page left me saddned that the wonderful story was over.

5.0 out of 5 stars Impossible to put down, January 12, 2008

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Heart-warming, heart-wrenching, a terrific read! It was so hard to put this book down. I would think about Aggie, Bill, Louise and William all day until I could pick my book up again. Bess McBride does an awesome job of drawing the reader in. Her description of the Victorian era clothes and houses is just breathtaking. Looking forward to the next one!!!