Morning Glory - LaVyrle Spencer

Whitney, Georgia is a small town, and like any small town everybody's face comes with an internal list of family members, embarrassing moments from childhood to present, triumphs, failures, misdeeds and rumors. Lula Peak is the wanton tart who waitresses at the diner. Miss Beasley is the efficient and intimidating spinster who runs the local library. And who could forget Crazy Ellie Dinsmore whose mama was too young and shockingly single to be looked on with favor by society in the early 40's? Ellie's grandfather was a fire and brimstone traveling Preacher whose obedient and silent wife did not even protest his decision to keep Ellie and her "sinful" ...  Read the complete review

LaVyrle Spencer is an American writer who throughout her career was at the top of the romance bestseller lists and then at the height of her popularity she retired and hasn't written a word since, which to my mind is a tragedy. Morning Glory is one of those books I would recommend to readers who are sceptical about the quality of writing when it comes to romance novels. Synopsis: In 1940 Ellie Dinsmore is a widow with two small children, struggling to run her small farm in Georgia who, in desperation advertises for a husband. Will Parker is an ex-convict who has just been fired from his job and is literally starving and who, in desperation ...  Read the complete review