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A Bride Most Begrudging / The Measure of a Lady - 2 Book Set
Deeanne Gist

Bethany House, 2005

A BRIDE MOST BEGRUDGING Any ship arriving from England means good news for Virginia colony farmers. The "tobacco brides" would be on board--eligible women seeking a better life in America, bartered for with barrels of tobacco from the fields. Drew O'Connor isn't stirred by news of a ship full of brides. Still broken-hearted from the loss of his beloved, he only wants a maid to tend his house and care for his young sister. What he ends up ...

A Bride Most Begrudging / The Measure of a Lady / Courting Trouble - 3 Book Set
Deeanne Gist

Bethany House, 2007

Known for her fun, witty, and laugh-out-loud humorous historical fiction, bestselling author Deeanne Gist became a household name in romance after her clever and hilarious debut, A Bride Most Begrudging, hit the top of the bestseller charts. A year later, Gist followed up with another bestseller, The Measure of a Lady. Now she brings readers yet another delightful read with a fun and feisty heroine on an outrageous mission to find a ...

Courting Trouble

30 reviews
Deeanne Gist

Bethany House, 2007

Recommended for everyone, male and female
I am very much so looking forward to the sequel of this book! Sometimes there are topics that people who have experience certain things are hurting terribly to tell someone to get opinions and help in a way, but the policies of society closes their mouths and keeps them alone in thought. Essie is a girl that is getting to a spinster age and wants nothing to do with it and seeks out herself a ...

The Measure of a Lady: A Novel

44 reviews
Deeanne Gist

Bethany House, 2006

An incredible romantic adventure
DeeAnn Gist's "The Measure of a Lady" took my breath away. It has short, digestible chapters with several stopping points in each so that you can put the book down if you must. But you won't want to put the book down. This novel's fascinating storyline of three teenagers who traveled with their father from New Jersey to San Francisco during the California gold rush brought many things to my ...

A Bride Most Begrudging

54 reviews
Deeanne Gist

Bethany House, 2005

a bride most begrudging
Excellent read. Very endearing characters with a blend of humor that will make it hard to put down. It made a "snow-in" at the Milwaukee airport almost pleasant.

Deep in the Heart of Trouble

11 reviews
Deeanne Gist

Bethany House, 2008

I Didn't Want It To End!!!!!
I thought this book was a wonderful conclusion to Essie's story! While I didn't think there was as much humor in this book as there was in the last one (or in her first two novels), I did still find myself laughing in a few places. The other characters in the story were portrayed beautifully, especially Mrs. Lockhart with her romantic novels. :o) Also, there was a bit of a twist at the end that I ...