Courting Miss Hattie: A Novel

By Pamela Morsi

The news spread like brush fire through the whole county when widower Ancil Drayton announced his intention to start courting Miss Hattie Colfax. She was certainly spirited and delightfully sweet natured, and she'd managed to run her family farm almost single-handedly. But wasn't a twenty-nine-year-old lady farmer too old to catch a husband?

An Irresistable Suitor.

All his life handsome, black-haired Reed Tyler had worked Miss Hattie's farm--and dreamed of one day settling down on his own piece of land with the pretty young woman he'd sworn to marry. Hattie was someone he could tell his hopes and troubles to--someone he looked on as a sister. So he thought, until the idea of Ancil Drayton calling on her made him seethe. Until the night a brotherly peck became a scorching kiss... and Reed knew nothing would bank the blaze--and that his best friend was the only woman he would ever love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Aug 26, 2009
• ISBN: 9780307419651

Pamela Morsi

Publishers Weekly calls national bestselling author Pamela Morsi "the Garrison Keillor of romance." Her trademark wit and warmth enliven tightly written tales with down-home charm. Her novels, including Sealed with a Kiss, No Ordinary Princess, The Love Charm, and Courting Miss Hattie, have garnered rave reviews from critics and numerous awards including two RITA Awards, a Waldenbooks Sales Award, Bookstores that Care Favorite Romance Awards and the Maggie Prize for Historical Fiction, and Reviewer's Choice from Romantic Times maga-zine. She lives in Texas with her family.

Reviews for Courting Miss Hattie

[pnrlist · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Yes! A truly plain heroine! I really liked Hattie, she was just the right balance of insecure and independent. She accepted that she was not considered attractive, and was strong because of it, but it still pained her. Made for some good angst too! I really liked this couple. The sex scenes we a bit too cheesy for my taste, though.

[rainrunner · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Just a simple, sweet story. I was really drawn to the characters, the farm, the events that happened. Just a really good read that had a big smile on my face and a sigh of contentment when it ended.