LOVE OF MY HEART
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BLURB: 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?
EXCERPT
Aggie’s hands were shaking as she looked from the photograph to the signature on the letter. She shook her head impatiently. This was silly! It was just her foolish imagination running away with her common sense. The chances that she’d found a photograph and letter from an ancestor of her client, Bill, in her home were astronomical...remote...ridiculous.
She peered at the photograph again. Certainly, the warm broad smile was the same. They appeared to be of the same height and build—tall and slim. What hair was visible beneath the cap looked as dark as Bill’s. But she was sure the resemblance ended there.
She just had Bill on her mind, that’s all. She’d been thinking about him ever since their session today; and this was a perfect example of why she needed to end their counseling relationship. She was obviously obsessed and could think of nothing else besides him—even to the point of seeing his face in a photograph that looked like it might have been taken in the 1800s.
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Bill walked out into the late afternoon sun, squinting his eyes against the orange glare to the west. He put the key in his truck and paused for a moment to look back at the office building.
He knew he was Aggie’s last appointment of the day. What if he stalled and waited? Would she come out? Then what? It wasn’t like he could ask her out for a drink...or even coffee. She’d probably think he was stalking her. He wondered if she’d ever had troubles like that before...a client waiting to talk to her in the parking lot. It seemed likely. Maybe a guy who had a crush on her and couldn’t spend enough time in her company. Maybe someone like him.
REVIEWS
FOUR STARS
I picked up Bess McBride’s Love of My Heart thinking I would read a chapter or two before bed. By the time I put the book down, it was nearly midnight and I had finished over half of the book....
Many books I’ve read with paranormal elements are downright scary. Bess McBride has managed to create an intriguing mystery without villains, dark family secrets or tragic deaths....
Love of My Heart is a wonderful, heart-warming story that had me rooting for the two couples all the way. The story threads are tied up in a most satisfying way. I eagerly look forward to reading more of Bess McBride.
-Ann Elizabeth Cree
May 31, 2007
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Love of My Heart is a beautiful, romantic story with a mild supernatural bent. The two main human love interests are Aggie, a therapist who is attracted to her client and is torn between her needs as a woman and her profession's Code of Ethics, and Bill, who has secrets that he won't let out in therapy not the least of which is his own attraction to Aggie.
The secondary supernatural romantic plot centers on past lovers, Louise and William. Louise lived in the house that Aggie now owns and is instrumental in getting Aggie to listen to her heart by drawing Aggie into her dreams to re-live Louise's romance with William way back in the 1800's....
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.
July 30, 2007
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Four Books
Aggie is a therapist with a problem. She’s committed the most egregious ethical sin. She’s fallen for a client. A handsome, funny, intelligent, caring, mysterious client named Bill.
Louise lives in the 1800’s and is in love with an Irish man named William who her rich father thinks is totally unacceptable and has forbidden her to see. The lovers are parted and though William tries, he doesn’t hear from Louise and thinks she no longer wants to see him. Therefore, he leaves town and goes off to Boston to go to college and law school so he might fight for immigrant rights.... The story is a nice twist on things I’ve read in the past and I enjoyed the ending. I look forward to this author’s growth as a writer and will be watching for more of her books.
Shara
September 2007
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Text copyright by Bess McBride (c) 2008
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