Courting trouble : a novel

bestselling, Christy Award-winning Author's Humorous Romance--a 30-year-old Single Woman Who Draws Up A List Of The Eligible Bachelors In 1890's Texas. marilyn Rondeau - Reviewers International Organization (rio) from The Very First Pages The Reader Will Find This One Hard To Set Down. Essie Is - In A Word - Spectacular! She Is Funny, Compassionate, Caring, And The More You Read Of Her Miss-adventures, The More You Will Love Her.... You'll Be Totally Charmed With Some Laugh Out Loud Scenarios, And Shed Tears Of Compassion As Well When Life's Journey Hits A Few Bumps In The Road. I Was Most Impressed With This Newer Author's Previous Novels a Bride Most Begrudging And the Measure Of A Lady . But With This Latest Book Positively Sparkling With Vitality And Uplifting Entertainment, I Can Emphatically State Gist Has Won Me Over Completely. Write Fast Lady, I Can't Wait For The Promised Sequel! Tired of Waiting for a Match-Made-in-Heaven, She'll Settle for One Made in Texas Whether it's riding bikes, catching snakes, or sliding down banisters, Essie Spreckelmeyer just can't quite make herself into the ideal woman her hometown--and her mother--expect her to be. It's going to take an extraordinary man to appreciate her joy and spontaneity--or so says her doting oil-man father. Unfortunately such a man doesn't appear to reside in Corsicana, Texas. It's 1894, the year of Essie's thirtieth birthday, and she decides the Lord has more important things to do than provide her a husband. If she wants one, she needs to catch him herself. So, she writes down the names of all the eligible bachelors in her small Texas town, makes a list of their attributes and drawbacks, closes her eyes, twirls her finger, and ... picks one. But convincing the lucky "husband-to-be" is going to a bit more of a problem. Join Deeanne Gist for another unforgettable tale and find out whether Essie's plan to catch a husband succeeds or if she's just Courting Trouble. Essie Spreckelmeyer, a single woman in 1890s Texas, casts her sights on her town's remaining bachelors and widowers to find a match made in heaven while leaving God out of it