Callum MacLaren, a professor from Scotland, visits Willow Springs, Vermont during the Winter Solstice to study and explore the rich history of St. Joseph’s Cemetery. His encounter with a sexy soldier in a tattered Civil War uniform is a captivating puzzle, and the more he learns, the deeper his attraction.A hundred and fifty years ago, Elijah Freeman was killed during the Second Battle of Fort … Wagner and woke up in Willow Springs, the only home he’d known. Alone, he roams the town, unable to leave or interact with a single soul until an intriguing Scot addresses him. Even stranger, the man can see him, hear him, and touch him–a sizzling caress that leaves Elijah aching for more.But will Elijah return to his ghostly form when the magic of the solstice fades, or is Callum’s love enough to keep him in the land of the living?
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My Past, Your Future: Amazing story and writing. I liked the whole story and the route it took. The characters were wonderful. It had a lot of emotions throughout the story. Elijah was a caring ghost that still cared for his past love but found an attraction to a human that he didn’t have before. It was told so well that I could put it down. The title fits the story perfectly. Great title!
Part of the Deerbourne Inn series a beautiful M/M story that held my interest throughout. This is a new Author to me. I enjoyed reading Callum MacLaren and Elijah Freeman’s story. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Ghost romances are endlessly intriguing and, I suspect, really hard to write. This book does an excellent job of creating a story that’s fantastical but somehow also feels grounded in history, in which a romance develops incredibly quickly and after an excruciatingly long wait, which somehow makes it just in time. Callum and Elijah are perfect together, despite their very very different backgrounds. Highly recommended.
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I absolutely loved this book! What a fascinating love story from not only across time but from death itself. Elijah was killed during the Civil War and has been stuck in Willow Springs. He tends to hang around the cemetery, where his head stone is, and a near by cabin. Callum, a Scottish history professor in American teaching at a local college, happened to walking around the cemetery looking at graves when he spots Elijah. A first for both of them, Elijah hasn’t been seen by anyone and Callum has never seen a ghost in all his study. I love the connection that develops between them being stuck in the cabin during a snowstorm, the love they find and get to keep. This is a steamy passionate love story that had me hoping Elijah and Callum would find the happy ending they deserved. Highly recommend
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Ms. Grey lured me in with her polished voice and vivid storytelling as a Civil War ghost and modern day history professor fall in love. In this m/m romance, Scottish Callum is visiting Willow Springs and sees the ghost, a former slave/Civil War soldier named Elijah inhabiting (haunting?) the town cemetery—Callum is the first person ever to see Elijah since his death. They spend a snow storm and hot night together. Is Elijah reappearing in his human form? Find out. HIGHLIGHTS: history, vivid writing, compelling characters (I loved both the Scottish vernacular of Callum, and Elijah’s 1800’s dialect). Note: the heat level is hot level. Not my usual, but I did enjoy Grey’s storytelling and writing and found that compelling, plus her take on ghosts was interesting.
Although I found it a little hard to believe that a ghost could come to life, Gabbi Grey made it so. Callum and Elijah are a sweet couple. I won’t go into how she did it, but it seems so believable. A Civil War soldier and a professor from today, meet in a graveyard. The winter solstice is happening and so do miracles. This is a HEA book and worth the read.
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Why does Elijah’s ghost haunt the grounds of Willow Spring instead of the place he actually died at and his body is buried? How come he had access to some places, not all? Why, in all his years as a ghost, Callum is the first and only person to ever see him?
These are some of the questions me and the characters ask during this book. Many go unanswered and at some point I actually stopped wondering, because… ghost story! You know what I mean, lol? It’s supposed to transcend logic or religion, for that matter, and I decided to just sit back and enjoy the story.
And I really did, because the subject is intriguing and the storytelling is easy flowing. Callum and Elijah are amazing and they have a strong connection, but… can it last? For how long can Elijah keep a solid form? Do they get a happy ending? Well, read My Past, Your Future and find out. You won’t regret it.
Superb narration 3.5*
Callum, the main character with a Scottish accent and interested in American history, meets Elijah Freeman in a cemetery in Vermont. However, Elijah dressed in a tatty uniform from war 150 years ago was a conundrum.
Callum couldn’t believe that Elijah was a ghost and that he could touch and feel Elijah.
The story could do with being a little longer so we would find out more about Elijah and how he’s able to interact with Callum and no one else, and why it’s taken 150 years to be seen by anyone.
I wouldn’t say I’m a big reader of paranormal ghost stories, but I have read a few and enjoyed them. Unfortunately, this book didn’t hold my attention as much as I would like, it was OK, but I felt like I had many questions to ask the author.
Michael Ferraiuolo did an excellent job of narrating this book. His Scottish accent was good, easily defining the two characters. I did speed up the recording to 1.50 on Authors Direct.
My Past, Your Future
Deerbourne Inn
By: Gabbi Grey
Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
Series: Deerbourne Inn Series
Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Read at 1.50 speed on Author Direct
I received this audiobook for free from GRR, and my review is my opinion and an honest review.
A fantastic tale, and beautifully written, Gabbi Grey blew me away with My Past, Your Future. An absolutely charming paranormal romance, I adored the way these two characters found their way to a happily ever after. Simply lovely.
If the author ever felt the urge to flesh this one out, I’d really love to learn the details of the part we miss. I’d read it in a heartbeat!
Audio performed brilliantly by Michael Ferraiuolo. This is exactly the kind of story he really gets into, and it was clear he enjoyed it as much as I did. His brogue is gorgeous, and I could listen to him all day long.
Audiobook Review:
Overall – 5
Performance – 5
Story – 5
Loved this romantic ghost story!
While this book is part of a series it can totally be read as a standalone. This story is slightly linked to If Only for Today also performed by Michael Ferraiuolo. The events in My Past, Your Future take place before If Only for Today. If you’re super serious about reading things in order I’d suggest reading If Only for Today first. However, the books do stand alone with no problem and I’m not sorry that I read these two out of order.
I truly enjoyed this story but I have to admit that the best part of listening to it for me was Michael Ferraiuolo’s superb audio performance; his Scottish accent is to die for. As I’m from the US, I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the accent but I can tell you that it is hot as fire and I could listen to him speak in that accent all day long.
The blurb really tells you everything about the story so I won’t rehash it. There are some seriously HOT scenes in this book and I can see myself listening to this one again (something I almost never do).
A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.
Callum was history professor at Edinburgh but was teaching at the community college in Montpelier, Vermont but he loved history of the past. So he would go to the cemeteries and read gravestones and wonder about the person that had been buried there. When he was at the cemetery in Willow Springs, Vermont he saw Elijah a ghost from the civil war and talked to him, he became human again. Callum and him stayed together and they loved each other and went back to Scotland. Loved this book!
Sometimes a story doesn’t have to make perfect sense and answer all the questions for it to be enjoyable. That’s how this book is.
There are two very different main characters – one is alive, one is dead, for starters! Elijah is a ghost whilst Callum is very much alive. These two get together although neither of them was expecting it – surprise! But then Elijah opens his mouth and inserts foot.
This is a fast-paced short novel that gives you enough story to keep your interest and turning the pages. I liked the characters but I didn’t really feel any connection to them. I am very glad they got their HEA, though if I’m being honest, I would like to have had some answers too but I guess that’s me being greedy.
All in all, this was an entertaining read that I have no hesitation in recommending.
A different twist on a wonderful well written ghostly love story. I see a man in the moonlight sitting on a gravestone, in the middle of the winter, in a graveyard that I have come to explore, but was he wearing a confederate soilders uniform, goodness that can be right, I must be tired. But I wasn’t Elijah was a soldier, died in battle and now he’s stuck in limbo, however I can see him, touch him, get to know him, and begin to love him but will he stay with me now that he’s human again or become a ghost once more.