Courting Trouble

Deeanne Gist

• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9781441202192

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.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PROLOGUE
• chapter ONE
• chapter TWO
• chapter THREE
• chapter FOUR
• chapter FIVE
• chapter SIX
• chapter SEVEN
• chapter EIGHT
• chapter NINE
• chapter TEN
• chapter ELEVEN
• chapter TWELVE
• chapter THIRTEEN
• chapter FOURTEEN
• chapter FIFTEEN
• chapter SIXTEEN
• chapter SEVENTEEN
• chapter EIGHTEEN
• chapter NINETEEN
• chapter TWENTY
• chapter TWENTY-ONE
• chapter TWENTY-TWO
• chapter TWENTY-THREE
• chapter TWENTY-FOUR
• chapter TWENTY-FIVE
• chapter TWENTY-SIX
• chapter TWENTY-SEVEN
• chapter TWENTY-EIGHT
• chapter TWENTY-NINE
• chapter THIRTY
• chapter THIRTY-ONE
• AUTHOR’S NOTE