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It's Me They Follow by Jeannine A. Cook

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It's Me They Follow

A Novel

Jeannine A. Cook, Jeannine Cook

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 23, 2025

Reading lane: Contemporary Romance

An allegorical love story — a modern day Alchemist meets The Never Ending Story —set in a world where a book shopkeeper becomes a reluctant matchmaker, bringing soulmates together through books.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Playful Escape

A warm, offbeat read that leans playful, romantic, and a little mischievous.

Come here for

  • Playful fantasy energy
  • Romance with a light, funny edge

Expect

  • Cozy, sustained immersion
  • Humor with clean-romance notes

Book Details

Authors
Jeannine A. Cook, Jeannine Cook
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 23, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Contemporary Romance · Romantic Comedy
Reading lane
Contemporary Romance

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Contemporary Fantasy

  • Fantasy Romance

  • Literary Fiction

  • Romance

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  • Contemporary Romance

  • Black Fiction

  • Black Women's Fiction

  • Black Romance

About This Book

An allegorical love story — a modern day Alchemist meets The Never Ending Story —set in a world where a book shopkeeper becomes a reluctant matchmaker, bringing soulmates together through books. It’s Me They Follow is an allegorical love story set in a not so distant past. It follows The Shopkeeper, a bookseller and reluctant matchmaker. Helping others find love through books comes easily for The Shopkeeper, until it is time for her to find love for herself. She secretly yea...

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An allegorical love story — a modern day Alchemist meets The Never Ending Story —set in a world where a book shopkeeper becomes a reluctant matchmaker, bringing soulmates together through books. It’s Me They Follow is an allegorical love story set in a not so distant past. It follows The Shopkeeper, a bookseller and reluctant matchmaker. Helping others find love through books comes easily for The Shopkeeper, until it is time for her to find love for herself. She secretly yearns for her first customer, ME, who took both her most prized book and a piece of her heart when he left. But just when she begins to lose hope, she discovers that she may hold the key to her own happily ever after as well. Real life Shopkeeper and author Jeannine A. Cook has conjured a magical story that is a book within a book within a book. Soon, readers will find themselves falling under the same love spell as her customers and characters. In this magical bookshop where the line between fiction and reality blurs, stories and real life intertwine in an enchanting and moving narrative about human connection, the power of storytelling, and the spirit of love.

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