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Courting Trouble (Essie Spreckelmeyer, Bk 1) (Large Print)
Courting Trouble - Essie Spreckelmeyer, Bk 1 - Large Print Author:Deeanne Gist 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 apprec... more »iate 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.« less