The Love Charm

By Pamela Morsi
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Published: March 10, 2012
Words: 95,451 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476448503

Short description

Wishing for true love despite many offers of marriage, Aida Gaudet is promised to the best friend of Armand Sonnier, a man in their bayou community who secretly burns for Aida.

Extended description

Amazon.com Review
Aida Gaudet is the most beautiful woman on the Vermillion River, and ordinary Armand Sonnier is in love with her. The problem is that Aida is to wed Armand's best friend, Laron Boudreau. The local healer convinces Aida that she is destined to learn the trade. Aida turns to Armand for help. Her memory isn't good and she asks Armand to write down all that the healer teaches her. The healer uses a few tricks of the trade to bring the couple together. But is it true love at work or a love charm? Colorful characters and a delightful story make this a charming read.

From Publishers Weekly
Morsi continues her heartland romances about insular societies, the rules they follow and the rules they get around. In 19th century Louisiana, five Acadians and a German search for love: Armand Sonnier fears he's not cute enough for Aida Gaudet, the prettiest girl on the Vermilion River; Laron Boudreau is pledged to Aida but in love with Helga Shotz, almost 10 years his senior and stil.. (Read more) Amazon.com Review
Aida Gaudet is the most beautiful woman on the Vermillion River, and ordinary Armand Sonnier is in love with her. The problem is that Aida is to wed Armand's best friend, Laron Boudreau. The local healer convinces Aida that she is destined to learn the trade. Aida turns to Armand for help. Her memory isn't good and she asks Armand to write down all that the healer teaches her. The healer uses a few tricks of the trade to bring the couple together. But is it true love at work or a love charm? Colorful characters and a delightful story make this a charming read.

From Publishers Weekly
Morsi continues her heartland romances about insular societies, the rules they follow and the rules they get around. In 19th century Louisiana, five Acadians and a German search for love: Armand Sonnier fears he's not cute enough for Aida Gaudet, the prettiest girl on the Vermilion River; Laron Boudreau is pledged to Aida but in love with Helga Shotz, almost 10 years his senior and still married; and Jean Baptiste Sonnier and his wife Felicite are young and saddled with three children and a fourth on the way. As usual, Morsi's hero doesn't conform to the romantic ideal. In Simple Jess he was simpleminded; in The Love Charm, Armand is shorter than the heroine? when they finally dance she can see the part in his hair? and he's a virgin. In Morsi's finely drawn, anthropologically correct landscape, virtue enhances pleasure on the moral road of "Love. Sexual union. Procreation. Eternity."
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
Armand Sonnier and Aida Gaudet have loved each other all their lives-the problem is they just don't believe it! But one person knows what is meant to be; and when Orva Landry, the local wisewoman and "treater," lends a hand, things have a way of coming out right. Sympathetic and somewhat unconventional protagonists, a cast of remarkable secondary characters, and an abundance of Cajun lore and ambiance make this a charming romance. Fans of the novels of Jill Marie Landis or early LaVyrle Spencer may also enjoy Morsi's books. She won a Rita this year for Something Shady (Berkley, 1995) and lives in Texas.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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louisiana, cajun, romance historical, bayou country

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