Something More

by Winnie Griggs

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843949341
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful, touching story!!

Winnie Griggs has fashioned a wonderful tale. Elithia Sinclair is running away from an unwanted engagement, and is determined to show her society family in Maryland, USA that she can take care of herself. She answers an advertisement for a governess in Texas where she would teach two children.When she arrives she finds the employer was seeking more than a teacher for two children. There are SIX! And the position is not for a governess, but a wife!!Caleb Tanner needs a wife in 3 days to keep the Courts from taking his nieces and nephews from him. He is determined to keep them together and give them a family. But to do that he has to have a wife, and he is willing to do whatever it takes to get Elithia to agree, even to using the kids to pull her heartstrings. She agrees to a name only marriage that is to be annulled after three months, but in spite of finding she is poorly equipped to handle the task, she comes through all the burnt meals, flood kitchens and various mishaps and finds there is more to life that polished society. Elithia soon finds she wants her husband in more than name only.Winnie Griggs fashions warm loving characters that burrow a place into your heart.

More, Please!

Elthia Sinclare is determined to show her rich Maryland family that she can take care of herself. That's why she's agreed to become a governess in Texas for two children. When she gets to Texas though she finds out that her would-be-employer has sent for a wife--not a governess. The two children are really six in number, and the contract that she signed for the governess position turns out to be a contract to become his wife! Not wanting to go home defeated, and her employer/husband holding a signed contract, Elthia reluctantly agrees to become his wife and mother for the children-after drawing up a new contract stating that it's a marriage in name only, and that will be annulled in three months. Caleb Tanner is determined that no one is going to split up another family of Tanner kids, he went through that as a child, and he's not going to let it happen to his orphaned nieces and nephews. He has to have a wife in three days or the courts will take the children away from him. He'll do what he must to see that Elthia keeps her end of the bargain and if that means using manipulation and her sympathy for the kids, then that's what he'll do. Getting Elthia to acquiesce to the marriage of convenience is easy compared to the difficulty of knowing that he'll have to let her go.SOMETHING MORE will have your emotions running the gamut. Right away my heart went out to a young Caleb whose world was first turned upside down by the death of his father, and then with the separation from his siblings. Elthia is endearing in her determination to show her family that she can make it, and she can, even if she's a bit inept. Elthia does manage to get into some funny situations, watch for her washing the floor-I just about died when I found out that the "cleaning solution" was actually molasses! My heart just about broke when Caleb comes to the conclusion that he's not what Elthia and the children need and that they'll be better off without him, so he sends them all away. That's when I got angry, and I really wanted to smack him! LOL I'm not going to give anything else away, so if you want to find out everything else that goes on you'll just have to go and purchase yourself a copy of SOMETHING MORE. With the wonderful, well-developed characters and emotional storyline, you can't ask for more.

A romantic romp

In 1892 Maryland, Elthia Sinclaire accepts a job as governess to the children of Caleb Tanner even though it means relocating to Texas. Elthia feels this is an opportunity for her to break free from her father. Caleb does not want a governess. He really needs a wife so he can adopt his six nieces and nephews before the children are scattered among various families as what happened to he and his siblings twenty years ago. However, the clock is ticking as he has three days to find a spouse. Though she has doubts about marrying Caleb, especially since they differ on the "contract", Elthia agrees to a marriage for the sake of the kids. She quickly falls in love with her children and tries to ignore her growing attraction to her husband, who reciprocates her feelings of love, an emotion neither acknowledges. Winnie Griggs' western romance will grab readers' attention from start to finish because of the warm lead couple and the six charges that bring them together. The audience will empathize with Caleb struggles with the nightmare that history is unfairly repeating itself. Elthia is very spirited, but amusingly is no housekeeper based on her futile efforts as such but her love for the Texas six makes her a perfect mom. Her hilarious battles with the hero on top of a wonderful plot enable fans to receive SOMETHING MORE from Ms. Griggs.Harriet Klausner