Courting Trouble

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.