- Hardcover: 396 pages
- Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company; Lrg edition (September 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0783803079
- ISBN-13: 978-0783803074
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
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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.
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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. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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Charming & Heartwarming - Romance At It's Best, Dec 18 2002
By FetchMeMyFaintingCouch - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Love Charm (Mass Market Paperback)
I originally submitted this review in 1997 (before Amazon created the About You Page) and am resubmitting it under my public account as directed by Amazon's Customer Service. The original review will be deleted via Amazon.THE LOVE CHARM is another irresistible read about hard working, down to earth characters from the always wonderful pen of Pamela Morsi. Set in the Louisiana bayou Ms. Morsi brilliantly brings all of the scents, smells and customs of the small tight-knit community of Acadia to life.
As a child Aida Gaudet concocts a love charm she insists will make the man of her dreams fall deeply and forever in love with her. Aida, being a bit featherbrained, hands the charm over to her best friend Armand Sonnier then forgets about it when her father calls her for dinner.
Years later Aida, now the town beauty, has all of the local men and her childhood friend Armand vying for her affection. Armand has kept his feelings to himself knowing he can never win her hand because he is "plain" and also the shortest man in Acadia and has resigned himself to a life without her. Awww. . . how can you not instantly love this guy? Also standing in the way is the small fact that Aida is engaged to his best friend Laron. She has agreed to marry Laron, the most handsome man in Acadia, because it is what is expected of her. Aida has given up dreaming about true love knowing men only care about her looks and will never love her as a person.
When Armand, in a moment of jealousy, thoughtlessly spills the beans about Laron's secret mistress he inadvertently upsets several lives but especially his own. With a little push from a meddling soothsayer Armand sets out on a path to set things right and finds himself spending most of his waking hours with Aida in an attempt to thwart fate.
It is wonderful watching these seemingly opposite characters overcome their enormous insecurities before they are able to truly open their hearts to each other.
THE LOVE CHARM delivers everything I look forward to in a Morsi book and then some. With a little helpful magic, a bit of humor, lots of tugs at the heartstrings and major sexual tension Ms. Morsi masterfully ties up not one but three intriguing love stories and manages to make us care deeply about all six characters. Very Highly Recommended.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The Love Charm, Oct 7 2010
By Peggy L. Mcintyre "PM Designs" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Love Charm (Mass Market Paperback)
I love Pamela Morsi. That is the only reason I am giving this book three stars. This is definitely not the normal quality of her books. I am not into "fairy-tale" type books.
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