![]() ![]() But he rejects protection, and a skeleton is about to emerge from Maimie Briggs's family closet. Winner of numerous awards, including two RITA Awards, she is the author of Heaven Sent, Courting Miss Hattie, Garters, Wild Oats, Runabout, Marrying Stone, Something Shady, Simple Jess, The Love Charm, No Ordinary Princess, and Sealed with a Kiss. Cora resolves to protect Jedwin from becoming a social outcast like herself. More enthusiastic than shrewd, Jedwin launches a seduction that ultimately heightens local interest in Cora while drawing the two of them into a relationship much deeper than the one he originally envisioned. So Cora is astonished when Jedwin Sparrow, the town's undertaker, comes calling-until he states his purpose: he hopes to obtain her favors in return for a ``modest stipend.'' Cora indignantly advises Jedwin that women want romance, not propositions, but she cannot bring herself to dismiss the attractive young man completely. ![]() In the eight years since Cora Briggs divorced Luther, only son of the town matriarch, Maimie Briggs, Cora has largely been shunned by the folks of Dead Dog, Oklahoma Territory. By giving her central characters a dash of sweet innocence, she even compensates for her less successful attempts to endow supporting characters with caustic wit. Morsi's ( Garters ) down-home touch lends charm to her fairly ordinary story of small-town love. ![]()
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