Debra M. (dreamer) reviewed on 1/15/2007 + 380 more book reviews

Jake McPherson needed a bride - He was a Civil War vetern, wounded in body and sol. And when his wife died unexpectedly, he trtreated from life, craving only solitude and his happy memories. But his young son needed a mother's love and guidance, even if Jake wanted no woman himself. So who better to choose than the town's spinster schoolmarm? Alicia Merriweather wanted so much to love. She had come to warn Jake his son was running wild. But she stayed because beneath his gruff exterior she saw Jake's pain and loneliness. Having borne the brunt of ridicule all his life, tall, plain Alicia understood both all too well. But could Jake ever learn to share his home and his heart.

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