Courting Miss Hattie
Pamela Morsi
Historical Romance
Published in 2009 (originally 1991)
H/h - Reed Tyler/Hattie Colfax
Setting: Early 20th century.
Read in August, 2017
[spoiler alert]
Pamela Morsi
Historical Romance
Published in 2009 (originally 1991)
H/h - Reed Tyler/Hattie Colfax
Setting: Early 20th century.
Read in August, 2017
My rating:
[spoiler alert]
I
have waited to pick up another Pamela Morsi book for at least 4 yrs.
There is a reason behind it but I am not here to discuss that. Recently I
decided I need to give her older romance a try once again. Last week I
finished “Sealed with a Kiss”, which didn’t really live up to my
expectations. But I had already bought a few books by her so I picked up
Courting Miss Hattie instead. The blurb intrigued me, so did
the ratings. And I have to say that it was better than I thought it would be. I’m
also quite fond of older woman-younger man theme, so that was a boon in
this story. Surprised me really, because I didn’t know it prior to
starting the book.
Courting Miss Hattie is set at the
turn of the century. Hattie Colfax was but a child when her father
passed away leaving her with her frail, difficult-to-be-with mother. But
that didn’t mean Hattie didn’t love them both. Being an only child, she
took care of her until she also passed on. After that, Hattie has been
pretty much alone, taking care of their farmland all by herself. But she
also had a helper. Reed Tyler came to them when he was but barely a
boy, recruited by her father. 5 yrs younger than Hattie, Reed took to
the training soon. While Hattie only had 2 other members in her family,
Reed’s family was very big with 8/9 brothers and sisters. He was
somewhere in the middle so the training at an early age did him good.
Every bit of financial contribution mattered. Besides Reed’s father
liked Hattie’s and was happy to have him work for the old Mr. Colfax.