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ther 'round, girls, and listen to my noise,
Don't you marry the Mormon boys;
If you do your fortune it will be,
Johnnycake and babies is all you'll see.
-old western folksong

When Andy McBride met Louisa Martin, he knew he had found the girl for him. There was only one problem: polygamy - a lifestyle that Louisa could not escape and Andy would not embrace.

As medical students at the University of Utah, Andy and Louisa fall in love - but can a mainstream Mormon and a Fundamental polygamist overcome the cultural barriers between them? Both realize that their choices will not only affect their own lives, but will also have an impact on their family, friends, and even their communities. Fearing that the sacrifices required of them would be too great, they go their separate ways.

Yet for Andy in Kentucky and Louisa in Utah, life does not go as they'd planned. While Andy is serving as a country doctor and trying to bury his pain, Louisa is coming to terms with the fact that all is not as perfect in her tight-knit community as she'd believed. As doctors, each will have to choose between keeping the peace in their communities or doing what they know is right. And someday, both will have to face their past and decide if they can make the sacrifice to be together.

Set in the red hills of southern Utah, the cosmopolitan center of Salt Lake City, the Smoky Mountains of Kentucky, and the lake-studded country of Finland, Don't You Marry the Mormon Boys is the heartfelt and engaging story about the power of love and acceptance in an ever-changing and often surprising world.



A thoroughly captivating story with unusual characters. Janet Kay Jensen shows us that truth and love can triumph over anything life might throw our way.

—Rachel Ann Nunes, bestselling LDS author

Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys is a great story. Janet Jensen has written a romance that incorporates drama, humor, and suspense into a great plot. She does a great job with creating some eccentric, likeable and not-so-likable characters. Using her knowledge of the Mormon religion, she also dispels some misperceptions that people have about Mormons and polygamy. I think that she also does a great job of writing from the polygamist’s perspectives. She wrote from both the good and the bad sides of what it must be like for the women that are living that lifestyle.

I think Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys will be enjoyed by women from all religions. She is very respectful of the Mormon beliefs and I think that this would be a great gift for someone of that faith. It would also be a great selection for a reader’s group because in addition to enjoying the well written story, the storyline will also stimulate some interesting discussions.

—Paige Lovitt for Reader Views



In this compelling story, the clash of religious cultures creates conflict between two characters the reader cares about. The writing is clear and often gorgeous. I was fascinated by American subcultures the author seems to know so well, and I think many readers will be. A great love story—and more. I search for this kind of book and would snap it up.

           —Catherine deCuir, Berkeley, California, author of Peace Prompts: A Guided Journal



I fell in love with Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys from the first chapter. When Andy finds himself in a totally new environment, he tries to make the best of it, but his heart has been captured by Louisa, whom he thinks can never be his wife. With insight and humor, Janet Jensen manages to engages us totally into the lives of a delightful set of characters. I laughed as well as cried as I shared the adventure. There are so many colorful characters in this story, and each one is totally endearing.

      —Anne Cloward, Technical Writer, Woodbury, Minnesota



Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys is a delightful story of relationships and religion that touches any reader who has struggled with meshing different upbringings and values. Jensen’s book grabbed me from page one and held me to the end.        

 —Robert T. Winn, M.D., Park City, Utah



Janet Jensen makes it easy to know and care about her characters. They brought me both smiles and tears and kept me turning the pages into the wee hours.

           —Clifford R. Gustafson, Doctor of Chiropractic, Woodbury, Minnesota



Janet Jensen has written a lively tale of love, loyalty and family that pulls at your heart. From the first chapter, I was cheering for Andy and Louisa to work things out. The journey along the way was totally delightful.

—Joan Gustafson, Woodbury, Minnesota, President, Success and Leadership Dynamics, and author, Success Strategies for College and Beyond, A Woman Can Do That, and Some Leaders are Born Women

I have read the book Don't You Marry the Mormon Boys and enjoyed it very much. It kept my attention and I wanted to continue to see what was going to happen. I think Janet did a wonderful job with her writing and made it very interesting for anyone who might read it. It made me want to continue reading.

—Myrna J. Humphreys, Villa Roca, Georgia
SIZE: 324 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", paperback  CATEGORY: LDS Fiction/Romance (LDS Books)
 



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