It's Me They Follow: A Novel

· HarperCollins
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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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5.0
1 review
Susan Dara (RedReviews4You)
October 11, 2025
From the first page, It’s Me They Follow swept me into a world so immersive, so spiritually resonant, that I found myself not just reading—but listening. While some may read the romance as central, I found it to be a luminous counterpoint—one that deepens the Shopkeeper’s spiritual journey without overshadowing it. The novel’s compass of care, history, and transformation is what truly moved me. The author’s prose is a spell: lyrical, layered, and alive with allegory.
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About the author

Jeannine A. Cook is the founder and owner of three avant-garde bookshop concepts, Harriett’s in Philadelphia; Ida’s in South Jersey; and Josephine’s, a literary installation in Paris. She holds an MFA from Drexel University. She is the author of the novel It’s Me They Follow.

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