Allie's Moon

by Alexis Harrington

Book Overview

Living with her invalid sister in a dilapidated house and desperate for help, lonely Althea Ford turns to a disgraced ex-lawman for assistance and quickly finds herself falling for the tender, wounded... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312973071
• ISBN13: 9780312973070
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Sweet and satisfying

This is a really sweet, well written and ultimately satisfying story. I'm excited to discover the gifted Alexis Harrington and I would put her among the top romance writers. The story did seem a little slow at first but it is worth sticking to it.

Allie's Moon

This is a fabulous historical romance. I couldn't put it down. You immediately get involved with the characters. Allie has had such heartache in her life you just know things have to turn around for her and Jefferson Hicks, the ex-lawman, is just the man to help her do it. I highly recommend this book and all the others that Alexis Harrington has written. Her books are never a disappointment.

Wonderful Americana Romance!

Jefferson Hicks, once the Sheriff of the small town of Decker Prairie, Oregon, is now merely a shadow of his former self. With only sketchy memories of his former life and having lost everything he once loved, he's become gaunt and unkempt as he hides in a haze of whiskey and is reduced to stealing eggs for food and sleeping in alleyways. So, when Decker Prairie's current sheriff, Jeff's old friend, Will Mason, proposes Jeff work off a sentence for pilfering by doing some work on the farm owned by the "crazy" Ford sisters, he doesn't have much of a choice but to comply.When Jeff arrives at the dilapidated Ford farm he expects to find the Ford sisters as run-down and old as their farm, so he is taken aback when he finds the sisters are actually the beautiful Althea who appears to be in her late 20s and her younger, child-like sister, Olivia, who is prone to seizures on certain occasions - which it seems she's able to control and she uses them each time a man gets close to her sister.Fastidious and proper, Althea is anxious for the work to be done on her farm - her roof leaks, the yard is overgrown with weeds, and she needs her field plowed and planted. One of her first missions after seeing the former sheriff in such miserable condition, is to clean him up a bit with a bath, shave, haircut, and clean clothes. Each appears uncomfortable in one another's presence - a taste of the sexual tension brewing between these two lost and lonely souls.Since Jeff has no permanent home, he takes up residence in a lean-to adjacent to the Ford barn which has been unused for years, due in part to Althea's memory of a tragedy occurring there over a decade previously - one which changed her life forever and has haunted her ever since. It is only when Jeff is able to help Allie face the demons of her past that he's able to come to terms with his own.But there is something nefarious about as well as a ne'er-do-well with a mean streak plots revenge on both Jeff and Althea, resulting in tragic consequences. ALLIE'S MOON is a wonderful Americana romance, reminiscent of the historicals of such reader favorites as LaVyrle Spencer, Dorothy Garlock and Rosanne Bittner. Love blossoms as Althea reminds Jeff of everything good in the world, dimming his memories of everything bad and making him feel not only good about himself but taking away the guilt that has been plaguing him and is the reason for his withdrawal from society.Alexis Harrington, who has been absent far too long while she has been in between publishers, has returned with this beautiful story of two lost souls finding one another. This is a terrific read, not to be missed. Welcome back, Alexis!!!

Allie's Moon

I highly recommend Allie's Moon. Alexis Harrington has written an emotionally powerful story with excellent characterization and vivid descriptions. Her hero and heroine are people who triumph over personal tragedy to touch your heart and make you believe that love can and does make a difference. Her maturity as a writer, and her natural ability to go inside someone's pain and joy and express that in the written word shines in Allie's Moon.

great romance

In 1880 Decker Prairie, Oregon, Althea Ford enters town, a place she hates visiting because she realizes that the townsfolk look at and her sibling as though they were crazy. She detests coming to the town because everyone not so subtly keeps reminding her that her mama committed suicide and her beloved sister Olivia suffers from spells. However, it is only in town that she will find someone to help work her run down farm.Former Sheriff Jefferson Hicks drowns his sorrows in a whisky bottle to bury the guilt eating at his gut caused by a fatal shooting. He hits a new low when a local farmer catches him stealing eggs and presses charges. Instead of locking up Jefferson, Sheriff Will Mason assigns his old friend to work for four months on the Ford spread.As Will and Allie work closely together on the farm, they find salvation and fall in love. However, the frail Olivia, encouraged by their now deceased father, grew up totally dependent on her older sister. She cannot abide the developing relationship between her "guardian" and the former law enforcement official. Olivia does everything in her power to break the lovebirds apart. A murder occurring on the Ford property casts doubts on the innocence of Will and Allie and threatens to destroy their blossoming affair.Alexis Harrington is quickly earning a reputation for her relationship dramas that focus on love's ability to heal the most scarred souls. Her latest novel, ALLIE'S MOON is a deeply moving western romance with an exciting story line that is clearly character-driven. The lead protagonists are scarred from life's lessons until they find one another and teach each other how to heal. Olivia is an interesting but complex secondary player who challenges those around her. Ms. Harrington has spun another triumphant book that demonstrates that true love can be the salvation for the walking wounded.Harriet Klausner