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Earthbound
She wanted him body and soul
For the first time in her vagabond life, Maggie Castle had a real home. It was her dream come true -- a stately brick Victorian with hardwood floors, paneled walls and fireplaces that begged her to curl up in front of them. An added attraction, the house came with a tenant as well...
Christopher Durand was clever, sexy, gorgeous and impossibly brilliant -- the most striking man Maggie had ever met. Only one thing marred their growing attraction. Christopher had been dead for more than eighty years...
For the first time in her vagabond life, Maggie Castle had a real home. It was her dream come true -- a stately brick Victorian with hardwood floors, paneled walls and fireplaces that begged her to curl up in front of them. An added attraction, the house came with a tenant as well...
Christopher Durand was clever, sexy, gorgeous and impossibly brilliant -- the most striking man Maggie had ever met. Only one thing marred their growing attraction. Christopher had been dead for more than eighty years...
252 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1990
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About the author
Rebecca Flanders
50 books12 followersaka Donna Ball, Donna Carlisle, Donna Boyd
With Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol, Taylor Brady
Donna A. Ball born in 1951 in Georgia, USA. Her ancestors were one of the first pioneer families of North Georgia, and her family still lives on the land they purchased from the Cherokee in 1782.
Her first book was published in 1982 as Donna Ball, since them she has written over a dozen works of commercial fiction under her name and under diferent pseudonyms: Rebecca Flanders, Donna Carlisle and Donna Boyd. She also signed novels with Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol and Taylor Brady. And a novel with Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant. She is known for her work in women’s fiction and suspense, as well as supernatural fantasy and adventure. Her novels have been translated into well over a dozen languages and have been published in virtually every country in the world. She has appeared on Entertainment Tonight and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and has been featured in such publications as the Detroit Free Press, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and even T.V. Guide. She is the holder of the Storytelling World award, 2001, the Georgia Author of the Year Award, 2000, Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards for consecutive years 1991-1996, the Georgia Romance Writer’s Maggie Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times, among others.
Donna lives in a restored turn-of-the-century barn in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast Georgia with her dogs, they have won numerous awards for agility, obedience, and canine musical freestyle. Her hobbies include oil painting, hiking and dog obedience training.
With Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol, Taylor Brady
Donna A. Ball born in 1951 in Georgia, USA. Her ancestors were one of the first pioneer families of North Georgia, and her family still lives on the land they purchased from the Cherokee in 1782.
Her first book was published in 1982 as Donna Ball, since them she has written over a dozen works of commercial fiction under her name and under diferent pseudonyms: Rebecca Flanders, Donna Carlisle and Donna Boyd. She also signed novels with Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol and Taylor Brady. And a novel with Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant. She is known for her work in women’s fiction and suspense, as well as supernatural fantasy and adventure. Her novels have been translated into well over a dozen languages and have been published in virtually every country in the world. She has appeared on Entertainment Tonight and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and has been featured in such publications as the Detroit Free Press, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and even T.V. Guide. She is the holder of the Storytelling World award, 2001, the Georgia Author of the Year Award, 2000, Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards for consecutive years 1991-1996, the Georgia Romance Writer’s Maggie Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times, among others.
Donna lives in a restored turn-of-the-century barn in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast Georgia with her dogs, they have won numerous awards for agility, obedience, and canine musical freestyle. Her hobbies include oil painting, hiking and dog obedience training.
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September 14, 2013
This is such a fun read. Paranormal romantic encounter between the intelligent mortal woman, Maggie, and the charming Christopher who's been dead for the last 100 years. Maggie is the modern day single woman about to become a first time homebuyer. Naturally, the house comes with an unwanted occupant. Rebecca Flanders must be as big a fan of the 1947 classic movie The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as I am because this entire book appears to be an homage to that great movie starring Rex Harrison.
Already it's hilariously outdated by 21st century standards, such as when Maggie, an adjunct math and physics teacher, uses the college network computer to do a search on her ghost and retrieves his black and white photo via fax. Christopher proclaims such modern wonders as the VCR and landline telephone to be miraculous. How did we ever survive without the internet and mobile devices? Everyone, including Christopher, keeps reminding Maggie that she needs to settle down, give up her career aspirations, and get married instead. For a 1990 paperback romance it's also very clean with no gratuitous sex or bad language.
Read this book. You'll be rooting for Maggie and Christopher all the way.
Already it's hilariously outdated by 21st century standards, such as when Maggie, an adjunct math and physics teacher, uses the college network computer to do a search on her ghost and retrieves his black and white photo via fax. Christopher proclaims such modern wonders as the VCR and landline telephone to be miraculous. How did we ever survive without the internet and mobile devices? Everyone, including Christopher, keeps reminding Maggie that she needs to settle down, give up her career aspirations, and get married instead. For a 1990 paperback romance it's also very clean with no gratuitous sex or bad language.
Read this book. You'll be rooting for Maggie and Christopher all the way.
December 20, 2022
Bought as a joke from a charity shop from someone's donated collection of erotic/romance novels. The love interest being a ghost is definately what captured my interest out of all the other options available.
I expected more erotic scenes to be honest, but was pleasantly surprised to find a heart-warming journey of self-discovery after a deep connection between the main characters blossoms. This is a small novella about an unusual couple falling in love and I enjoyed it more than I expected.
Definately not what I normally read, but a nice light-hearted break.
I expected more erotic scenes to be honest, but was pleasantly surprised to find a heart-warming journey of self-discovery after a deep connection between the main characters blossoms. This is a small novella about an unusual couple falling in love and I enjoyed it more than I expected.
Definately not what I normally read, but a nice light-hearted break.
August 17, 2023
This was quite an unusual love story, and a really good one, too. It makes you want to cry at the same time it makes you happy, and it also makes you want to believe in destiny, miracles, true love, everything wonderful!
May 9, 2022
Em algum momento após esse final inexplicável, provavelmente:
— Maggie, daonde cê tirou esse esse seu marido, hein? Porra, daonde cê tirou essa merda?
— Você está muito engraçadinha, hein, Elena. Lógico que foi do cu. Podia ser mais daonde?
— Maggie, daonde cê tirou esse esse seu marido, hein? Porra, daonde cê tirou essa merda?
— Você está muito engraçadinha, hein, Elena. Lógico que foi do cu. Podia ser mais daonde?
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