The
last thing widow Althea Winsloe wanted to do was remarry.
Unfortunately, her meddlesome mountain neighbors had other plans.
So, one autumn night they banded together and gave Althea
a shocking ultimatum: She was to find herself a husband
by Christmas...or the town would do it for her! Althea
knew she had her choice of any single man in Marrying Stone,
Arkansas. Yet the only one she felt truly comfortable
with was Simple Jess. Sweet and gentle, Jess wasn't as
smart as your average man. But his tender manner stirred
Althea's heart in ways she had never dreamed possible.
It
would take a miracle to find a husband in Marrying Stone.
But sometimes miracles are right under your nose...
Proclaimed
"a refreshing new voice in romance" by Jude Deveraux,
award-winning author Pamela Morsi has
charmed millions with her touching stories of simple pleasures
and heartfelt romances. Her novels, including GARTERS,
WILD OATS, and SOMETHING SHADY, have won her rave
reviews and loyal fans. Now she presents an endearing
story about what can happen when love turns up in the most unlikely
place...
"Morsi
(MARRYING STONE) returns to Marrying Stone, Arkansas,
1906, for this pleasant hearth-and-home romance. Althea
Winsloe is a young widow with a son name Baby-Paisley and a
farm witht he finest corn bottom on the mountain. Just
like the best Jane Austen society, the Ozark community thinks
althea is in need of a husband. But instead of Regency
balls, Morsi's courting is conducted at hog slaughters (described
in non-gory detail) and mountain socials. Althea is given
until Christmas to pick herself a man, and to everyone's surpirse,
except the reader's, she chooses Simple Jess, a combination
of Forrest Gump, Mr. Universe and a really great golden retriever.
Jess Best may not be a smart man, but he sure knows what love
is--and sex. Morsi is clever enough to incorporate
mountain vocabulary and customs without a lot of twangy dialect."
--Publishers Weekly February
19, 1996.
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