by ronde
I'm a sucker for a good romance, but this is more than that. This almost doesn't belong on an erotic site. It's just good fiction. I also like a story that knows its subject and tells me something I didn't already know. Ronde always puts out good work, but this goes to the top of the list.
Dear Ronde - - -
Once again you have started my week with a most exquisite piece of storytelling.
If you ever come to the Northwest, I'd be pleased to meet you and take you out for a steak.
Thanks for being one of the best authors on Literotica, and I have to agree with another comment, which is that your work should be in more places than Literotica.
Take care, and Thank You.
Boswell
Excellent story, very much a step above the normal. I hope this story finds the wide audience it deserves.
I almost didn't look at it, because of the title, being on literoica you never know ;-) But no other title would do this fine work justice.
thank you for sharing
A very well crafted and emotional story, so much more than the erotic stories on this site. Loved it
This story was so sweet, innocent...the way times used to be. Each had saved themselves for marriage...just a wonderful concept in todays world! The simplicty was wonderful...The good Lord was first, then the family...the way it should be...keep up the good work!!!
Thanks for your stories...they are wonderful to read.
Keep up the good work
Supurb story.....having visited the Great Smokey Mountains nurmerous times your words created a vivid picture in my mind of the many memories I have of the area. The characters were very real and the story line touching. Refreshing change from the usual stories in Literotica. Amazing Grace just happens to be one of the most moving songs I know. Thanks.
You have wrote a story that is honest and telling about people that have great a love and peace. This is one of the best stories I have read in many years. I was reduced to tears by the memories that it recalled for me. I come from simple roots and many times feel lost in the todays unfeeling material world. Thank you from the bottum of my heart for this story. Please keep more like this coming!!!!
What a beautiful, beautiful story. Written with such grace and style, kept me on the soft edge waiting to see what comes next.
It's so rare to find such a well written story on here..can't wait to read more from you :)
Morfe of Ronde's best. However, what's in a name? I almost didn't read it because of the title. At first glance I thought it was grandparent/grandchild incest. I took a chance when I saw "Romance" and knew I was good to go when I saw "ronde"
Beautiful Story. WOW! So well written and thoughtful.
You are a very good writer. Thank you. I am glad I
got to read it. In my opinion it is good enough to
publish. Thank you again.
-Jim
Thanks for a believable story with normal moral people. Excellent wotk.
A very polished romance. From the very first paragraph I was "grabbed" by it - I could not stop reading.
A veritable song of love.
Thank you Ronde!
Jon
Its so wonderful to read a story with a moral backing. I was engulfed from the moment I began to read. I will also be partial to the story due to the fact I live in the Mountains of Tennessee. Its almost like I knew these people and am one of them. Please continue with your writting for it would be a loss to readers if you stop. You have true talent.
As a granny's girl myself....Yes a grandmother infuences and revels in their grandchildrens success....May this story find every little girl for whom Grandma was their inspiration.
of your work is constant source of joy and envy.
Very sweet story with lovely characterizations and settings.
Very well done.
an inspirational sort that needs a hardbound cover, not into such literotic site. Ronde's best collection of selection-->>try this for a book cover. Best quality.:)
I love your classical way.
You seem to have put so much time and effort into finding out about Christy, her family and how she came to be. And then, it feels like someone else started writing or you got bored because it became this weird step-by-step process. 1)Terry finds Christy, 2) Out of no where Terry says I love you, 3) Suddenly Christy says it back 4) They get married, 5) They have sex. Ta-da! I just thought it seemed so rushed. You could have drawn out the romance between Terry and Christy and the story would have been delicious. However, I still liked it. Thanks.
A sweet gentle story reminding me of times long ago, when life seemed simpler.
I know this site is known for its sexual content, but this story is so well written and its characters so engaging that it stands on its own merit. I sincerely hope you write some actuall novels. You have a serious gift and need to let the rest of the world get to know it.
I know these people. I grew up in a rural Alabama farming community with a large component of church and music and then on to a career as a professional musician. I could actually picture people from my past as I read this beautiful story. Several times my reading was interrupted by tears as something in the story resonated in my memories. Well done!
I absoloutly loved this one. As I said before u really are versatile.
Kimberly-Clark because the use of Kleenex while reading this story has to be off the charts. Thank you...marvelous.
Your wonderful ability to create such a wonderful Love story has been shown so many times in your other Great stories. You are the only Author that I will read ALL of your stories. I am a 70 yr old man and you brought a tear to my eye, Thank You.
What a sweet, wonderful story! Sometimes we get so wrapped up in complicated plots and action that we can lose sight of what an amazing thing love can be, and if you've got love, hardly anything else matters very much. Thank you for the gift of this tale, so haunting in its sweet simplicity, and so delicately told.
it was so tender and the love was just amazing.....so tender and just shows how family is all important when it projects so much love......a beautiful tender story.....loved it
In a way, it could be your best. It isn't very erotic, so it seems a little out of place on literotica, but I'm glad it is. Thank you
if I could see through the tears.
Read it before and I'll read it again and again.
Thank you.
C
i absolutely love your work but this stands heads and shoulders above everything else you've written. The poignancy and the purity of her love and the reverence of she and Terry had for their family and faith brought tears to my eyes, I applaud you. Thank you
The first time, I read this at a normal pace. This time, knowing how special it is, I made sure I didn't have to hurry, and I took my time and enjoyed the little touches you put into it here and there. Terry's interest in the way the little cabin had been built and his appreciation of the grandfather's craftsmanship, which foreshadowed his appreciation of the wonderful granddaughter who descended from him. James Wilson telling Christy to sing out because her momma's listening. And that amazing passage, "...the tentative kiss of a man afraid to do more, but unable to do less."
Thank you for posting this little jewel of a story, and leaving it here for ten years so I could enjoy it.
Very beautiful, brought tears to my eyes…everything this girl ever wanted but never had. Thank you for briefly fulfilling a grown little girls dreams.
A truly precious love story. You have such a gentle touch with your characters and their emotions. It makes me wish I could live where they came from.
The sweet simplicity of this story keeps drawing me back. I first read it three years ago, and I go back to it when I want, or need, to be reminded that life doesn’t need to be exciting or dangerous to be meaningful.
At every reading I seem to focus on a different scene. This time, it was the night she first sang with James Wilson and the quartet that got me choked me up.
This is truly a masterpiece, and again I thank you for it.
The story takes on the liquid pace that allows the reader to absorb the characters and the story. It reassert's the love of family and how music is intertwined in our lives. You captured it well.
it may be pure American hokum but I loved it and cried, along with many I suspect
Once Granny died the story was too rushed. Their relationship should have been described in more detail.
Thank You for a real Love Story. I'm actually a 'city boy' but I just loved your descriptions of the Mountain Cabin and the small community. Again Thank you for such an entertaining and loving story...about people with morals and values.
This story was written twenty years ago and tells a beautiful story that could only have happened fifty years ago. Thank you for the trip back in time and a truly wonderful experience!
Great story. Second or third time reading and it was just as good as the first.
Ronde - fantastic - way better than 'good'. Your romantic skills just shined here.
-Dreaded Anonymous
Good story although, as usual, this author feels obligated to include a final scene of gratuitous sex. What else do people do on their wedding night? I have read enough of this author's stories so I knew it was coming and there it was. One time perhaps he/she will slip into the epilog directly and tidy up the long term details without the huffing and puffing. 4*
Had tears running down my cheeks in a couple parts. Great story from beginning to end! 5.0*
I still believe this is one of your best, it led me to your story page and I have been enjoying your writing ever since.
A very heart warming story of how important family is and can be. As long as greed and jealousy doesn’t get in the way and creates an internal family feud.
Pass the box of tissues, think I'm going to need more than one.
Heartwarming, well written, and lovely ending.
Beautiful!
This really is your metier! Telling plainsong stories about downcountry folk.
I loved the simplicity of it. You captured the ethos of a community with which
I have no experience. However, through your writing skills you brought it
vividly alive. And I was there. The humility which brought your main characters
to abdure the standard "fame-'n'-fortune conclusion was wholly believable.
A small literal on page 2 - '"adz" instead of "adze" was forgiveable and I still
gave you five stars, because four stars were somhow inadequate.
Thank you, Ronde, another great story. 5 * again.
Well done Peapod41, only one error this time. I assume you meant "abjure" for "abdure"!
Our second or third read. A beautiful and enduring romantic love story for the ages. We share some misty moments as two hearts and souls become one forever and ever To The Moon And Back - in a small cabin float to heaven on top of the mountain.
Thank you for sharing your heartfelt words with us.
S❤️JW