SOLVED. YA Fantasy Mystery. Reading love letters and then pretending to be the woman who wrote letters and writing to the lover. Read in 1980s. [s]

[Candice]

This was read in the 1980s. Sorry but I don’t remember much about it. I think main character was either a high school or a college student. Finds a bunch of love letters in a house, which I think is near the ocean. She becomes obsessed with the letters and the couple.

[Kris]

Candice, are there fantasy elements (e.g., long shot - Ghost Behind Me by Eve Bunting)?

How old are the letters? Is the couple related to her?

[Candice]

Kris, This sounds like it! The published year seems late, but you know how memory can be? 😅 I’m going to find it and read it. It isn’t the style of book I typically read now, but obviously it stuck with me….Based on the description I’m 99% sure it’s the one. THANk YOU!

[Kris]

Wow, that was a guess.

Google Books has a snippet search of Ghost Behind Me by Eve Bunting. You might get lucky searching for keywords.

https://books.google.com/books?id=i6n... There are different cover images.

There's also a long review on LibraryThing.com:
https://www.librarything.com/work/121528