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Alice Wootson Arabesque April 2001 (4) Nathasha Brooks-Harris |
Contemporary Romance |
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Missy
Harrison is an attractive schoolteacher who wants to go home and finalize the
details of her wedding. She isn’t interested in romance or pomp and
circumstance. All she wants is to marry her fiancé, Walter, and live a safe,
non-descript life as his wife—nothing more! Jimmy
T Scott is reminiscent of a bronze god. He’s handsome, sexy and knows how to
get to Missy. He has the ability to push all of her proverbial buttons—and he
knows it. En
route to her hometown, Missy’s car breaks down and who should happen to save
the day? Jimmy shows up right on time with just what she needs: a tow truck.
He’s finer than she remembers and all those unresolved feelings she has
harbored for him for so long come rushing to the forefront. Missy’s
a woman of her word who epitomizes the ideals of a small town resident. She
believes in the principle that her word is her bond. She knows that her
relationship with Jimmy has never had closure, but she’s willing to overlook
that small fact and marry Walter. Walter’s
basically a run-of-the mill, average type of guy. He’s also boring. There’s
not much to him and he’s certainly no challenge for Missy. Not like Jimmy who
gave Missy her first taste of passion and fire as they fell deeper in love as
lovesick high school kids. They had many heated arguments that turned into
sensuous making up sessions that took them both to heights they never
experienced before or since. She decides not to marry Walter and calls off the
wedding. When she does, that is just the opening that Jimmy has been waiting
for. He is positive that Walter’s all wrong for her and would never make her
happy. From that moment forth, he’s on a mission to reunite with his Ms. Right
and make Missy his forever. He’s totally convinced that she wants him equally
as badly. DREAM
WEDDING is a simple, quick read. Wootson writes a well-carfted story that
moves quickly and there’s nothing obtrusive to impede the unfolding of the
plot. Wootson explores an age-old theme of being engaged to the wrong man when a
woman has another one on her mind. However, she does it with a new twist and
adds a sense of freshness to that theme. She captures the essence of living in a
small town well. Everyone’s in Missy’s business and offers her an
unsolicited opinion. Everyone knows her and has known her since she was a baby.
They never let her forget it. Her
characters are especially rich—especially Missy. She’s depicted as a woman
who makes a decision and sticks by it. Realistically, that is a hard thing to do
when one resides in a one-horse town where making decisions that don’t fit
into the town’s politics and mores can cause one to be shunned forever.
Despite this, Missy stands firm by her decision and follows her heart. Kudos to
Wootson for writing Missy as a strong, independent woman with lots of starch in
her backbone! She could’ve opted to write her as a flighty woman who makes
namby-pamby decisions instead of solid ones. DREAM WEDDING is an enjoyable novel and is replete with romance. In fact, it’s romance at its best. Grab a couple of tissues, this book, and plan on reading it nonstop. That’s an easy do because readers will be hooked from page one. When it comes to writing romance, Wootson rocks it right! |
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nathasha@romanceincolor.net (1st July 2001) |
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