

He even did odd chores for her.with poems.

The h, misjudged and shunned by a town led by his mother, sees a way of avenging herself by leading her nemesis’ son and then humiliating him.īut, of course the big blonde mortician’s gentle and caring ways make her forget everything else and yearn only for his company and love.Ī love, which he professes openly and with the help of his clumsy homespun poetry. Surely the scandalous and fallen divorcee would consider his proposition with charity. But the question is – who to sow them with? He finally settles on the 29 yrs. old virginal H, who is perpetually trying to deflect his domineering mama’s blackmailing ways, gets the gumption of sowing some wild oats. The premise is so interesting and captivating. So it is infused with warmth, goodness, resilience, charity and deliverance. No one, not even the ‘bad guys’ are really unredeemable. And the small towns and its small-minded people make an interesting background tapestry where no one is unimportant. While the hs are usually plain-janes, and at times older than the Hs the Hs are handsome, wholesome and honorable men. Her historical/19th century ‘Americana’ sagas with unassuming hs and beta Hs are so heartwarming and fulfilling to the soul. Pamela Morsi has to be read to be believed and loved. That is a hero who knows what he wants and goes after it with integrity and that is my definition of worthy alpha male. (Unlike Cora's first husband- but that's a secret for the reader to discover!) And he gently wooed the quirky divorcee to his side- despite his lack of experience. He also, from the very beginning, knew who he wanted to be, and he didn't give in to his mother's pushing the opposite direction one iota. Jedwin, (short for James Edwin-love that name!) knew what he wanted, her, and he got it, no matter what society thought. I loved this book- I always say that Morsi writes a great Beta hero, but really they are not. allowing long held secrets in Dead Dog, Oklahoma come to light. In the process they fall in genuine love and Jedwin eventually decides he means to marry her. Of course- he agrees, because Jedwin's been in love with Mrs. However with one condition- he has to romance her of all things.

Jedwin gets more than he bargained for when Cora actually takes him up on his odious offer- just to get back at Jedwin's harridan of a mother for spreading all kinds of rumors about her. Cora Briggs who lives on the outskirts of town, ostracized from society for being a divorcee. The story starts out with the local mortician desirous to sew some wild oats with the notorious Mrs. They're so homespun, yet so very real, filled with quirky characters you immediately fall in love with.
