The Widower's Wife

The Widower's Wife by Prudence Bice My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have never read a romance novel, but I assume, after reading this book, that they contain lots of internal emotion and very little communication? If my assumption is correct, then this book is clean romance novel meets "Sarah, Plain and Tall."

Dalton, a farmer in Wisconsin, loses his wife in childbirth. So, he orders a new one. Jillian, a young girl with a broken heart responds, hops on a train, and the fun begins. It really is similar in plot to "Sarah, Plain and Tall"(right down to the fire in the field) except they DON'T TALK to each other. Well, I guess they didn't much in Sarah, either. I eventually found it pointless to keep screaming at the book,"Just talk to each other!" It was ironic that Dalton talked more to Jillian's brother in the first twenty-four hours of meeting him than he had in the months of living under the same roof as Jillian. Though maybe not totally believable, it was a light, entertaining and quick read with a happy ending. The fledgling author is from my town. View all my reviews >>