Simple Jess
by:
Pamela Morsi (author)
Given an ultimatum by her interfering neighbors--to find a husband by Christmas or have one selected for her--reluctant widow Althea Winsloe searches for a possible mate and finds herself drawn to Simple Jess, a sweet and gentle man of less-than-average intelligence.
Given an ultimatum by her interfering neighbors--to find a husband by Christmas or have one selected for her--reluctant widow Althea Winsloe searches for a possible mate and finds herself drawn to Simple Jess, a sweet and gentle man of less-than-average intelligence.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780515118377 (0515118370)
Publish date: April 1st 1996
Publisher: Jove
Pages no: 325
Edition language: English
Series: Marrying Stone (#2)
I've fallen behind in my reviews, so this is just a quicky: The folksy/backwoods Appalachian dialect in this made me crazy and diminished my enjoyment of the story (even though I recognize it was well done). I did enjoy the premise, though--widow forced to remarry chooses the town simpleton. Intel...
I'm reminded of Tropic Thunder, and Stiller's character who once was in a movie titled Simple Jack. Fortunately, Jess is smarter than Jack (not hard really; Stiller played Jack) This book, around fellow romance readers, is like, the holy grail or something. People speak in reverence about it. W...
Question: If a heroine was raised in the Ozarks by her kin, in a teeny tiny town perched on the side of a mountain, where no one came in from away, and no one left, folks jumped over a rock to celebrate a weddin', they say words like "caint" and are so intermarried they caint right remember what cl...
3.5 starsFrom others' reviews, I expected something different; something more. This was a sweet love story all right, but it was not the swoon worthy romance I'd been led to expect. I think the 2 other potential suitors of Miss Althea and their side stories took too much space from the main love sto...
Aww. I saw this constantly listed as a favorite by GR friends, and between the high expectations and the premise - I was never moved to read it. But once I got through the ornery first chapter, it was great fun, and quite sweetly sentimental at the end there - not just for the Althea and Jess but ...
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