When I was in high school, likely 1999-2002, I read a young adult romance novel that I thoroughly enjoyed but cannot remember much about it.
I believe it was a paperback book and the cover artwork was drawn…no photos…likely 1980s or early-bird 1990s looking work. There was a red headed girl…high school age I believe…sitting at a headstone in a cemetery…with the ghost of a soldier looking on.
I believe the plot, from what I can recall, is that this red headed high school girl was somewhere back east visiting family…aunt and uncle, perhaps, for the Christmas holiday. She was a history buff and helped her aunt in the family antique shop. She somehow met the ghost of a solider…Civil War, perhaps? He died as a young man and they fell in love and had a relationship. I think it’s the same book but…I believe she met a living young man in town who wanted to romance her over her holiday break, and threw a New Year’s Eve party. Hope this helps. I remember wanting to read all the authors’ books because this one was so enjoyable!
Check books by Debbie Peterson like Spirit of the Knight or Spirit of Revolution.
Is it a Debbie Peterson book?
Spirit of the Knight or Spirit of the Revolution?
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Is it Debbie Peterson? spirit of the Knight or Spirit of the rebellion?
Debbie Peterson books?
Spirit of the Knight sounds similar as to what you described.
Is it Another Time, Another Love by Vivian Schurfranz?
Parts of this sound a bit like the Meg Cabot Mediator series. The first one was called Shadowland.