by Pamela Morsi
This essentially is a set-up for Simple Jesse. I have...issues...with it. Meggie is a dreamer, spends lots of time in her head. Fine but... she pounces on the H within a short time of meeting him (all but giving him the early 20th century equivalent of a lap dance). He dumps her on her arse about ...
I read this because this was highly rated by all my friends on GR, I found the book sweet even though the romance was not front and centre.
Academic Monroe -- Roe -- comes to the Ozarks to study folk ballads, suspecting that remnants of a much older culture have been preserved there. Taken in by the "simple," kindhearted Jesse Best and Jesse's dreamy sister Meggie, he finds himself becoming part of the community. He also discovers the ...