I have to review these two together because the first one (Courting Trouble) is NOT a sweet, uplifting story UNLESS you follow it quickly by its sequel (Deep in the Heart of Trouble). They are both Christian historical fiction. They are romances.
Courting Trouble introduces us to spinster Essie Spreckelmeyer and chronicles her attempts at love. Her character is not particularly likeable. She seems agressive, misguided and even rebellious. And, if the ending can be considered faithful, it cannot be considered exactly "happy". She does NOT get her man and she loses something precious.
Deep in the Heart of Trouble makes it all better, though. Essie finally gets her man. And we get to read about the bicycling fad of the late 1800s AND the Texas oil boom that happened during the same time period.
Read as a pair, Essie's story is very engaging. I don't want to say too much more about the plot because to discuss it is to give away the main event upon which the whole thing hinges. I DID end up liking Essie a lot more by the end of the second book. This is one of those stories, though, where so many troubles enter the life of just one character that you feel a little bruised just reading about it. After all, how many conflicts can be shoe-horned into one story? I did enjoy the books, though, once I got into them.
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