Jessica, Donna Mabry
Jessica, Donna Mabry
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Jessica

Author: Donna Mabry

Narrator: Susan Hanfield

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/14/2015


Synopsis

Wealthy heiress Jessica McCarthy desperately wants to be married and have a family. A rogue and a scoundrel, Zachary Belk is the only one who has proposed. Even though her father warns her that Zachary won't make a good husband, she marries him. She soon discovers that her father was right. When the stock market crashes, and both families are left penniless, Zachary seeks a new fortune on a property he owns in another Manhattan, in Kansas. They are only there a short time before he deserts her. With a new baby, Jessica must learn to survive and support her family in an unfamiliar frontier land with only her faith and determination to guide her.

About Donna Mabry

A Michigan native who studied writing in school, Donna first came to Vegas to make costumes and soon was weaving the stories she heard in the back of the girl's dressing room into her first novel. Now she is the author of the Alexandra Merritt Mysteries, which include The Last Two Aces in Las Vegas, The Las Vegas Desert Flower, The Las Vegas Special, Rough Ride in Vegas, M.I.A. Las Vegas, and Lost Luggage.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon on February 02, 2015

This is the second book I've read by Donna Mabry (the first one was "Maude"). Both books are swift, enjoyable reads. "Jessica", however, seemed a bit too simplistic. The pacing of the book seemed uneven- at times the author would get caught up in tedious, somewhat bland dialogue involving unnecessar......more

Goodreads review by Anne on February 26, 2015

Another awesome book by Donna Mabry! This one was quite a roller coaster ride. I accidentally read book 3 first and now I have read 1 and am anxious to put them together with Pillsbury Crossing, Book 2 of the Manhatten Series. I highly recommended this book.......more

Goodreads review by Dr.J.G. on March 09, 2020

The horrendous, all pervasive denigration of human female that's deeply rooted in abrahmic cultures and attitudes thereof is evident in the only label a book such as this would be receiving generally, or any other that's written by a woman, is about lives of women and has largely female readership.......more

Goodreads review by Lorena Helfers on January 27, 2015

Very sweet. And wholesome A somewhat simplistic story. For those of you who like good wholesome stories, you will not be disappointed. No curse words no sex. Like floating on a cloud.......more

Goodreads review by Jeannie on March 02, 2014

Jessica Jessica is a story about romance, with a little adventure and mystery thrown in, and a good deal of history. Of course now I have to read Pillsbury Crossing, the second of three books in the 'Manhattan Stories', followed by 'The Cabin'!......more