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    Deep in the Heart of Trouble: A Novel
    Deep in the Heart of Trouble: A Novel
    Deep in the Heart of Trouble: A Novel
    Audiobook (abridged)6 hours

    Deep in the Heart of Trouble: A Novel

    Written by Deeanne Gist

    Narrated by Brooke Heldman

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A Texas-Sized Tale of Unexpected Love. Essie Spreckelmeyer is the last woman anyone in Corsicana, Texas, expected to see with a man on her arm. Independent and outspoken, she's known more for riding bicycles in outrageous bloomers than for catching a man's eye. And the last man who seems willing to give her a second glance is Tony Morgan, newly hired at Spreckelmeyer's oil company. The disinherited son of an oil baron, Tony wants most to restore his name and regain his lost fortune--not lose his heart to this headstrong blonde. She confounds, contradicts, and confuses him. Sometimes he doesn't know if she's driving him toward the aisle or the end of his rope. That's how life is...Deep in the Heart of Trouble.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateJun 1, 2008
    ISBN9781608141739
    Deep in the Heart of Trouble: A Novel
    Author

    Deeanne Gist

    Deeanne Gist has rocketed up bestseller lists and captured readers everywhere with her very fun, very original historical novels. She has won the National Readers’ Choice Award, Booksellers’ Best Award, USA Best Books Award, and stellar reviews. With a background in education and journalism, Deeanne has written for People, Parents, and Parenting magazines. Visit her online at IWantHerBook.com and at Facebook.com/DeesFriends.

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    • 5/5
      Loved this book and its prequel! Essie is such fun, and I love that she finally finds what she is looking for :-) My favorite parts about both "Trouble" books is that the author stays away from the typical formula of characters keep secrets which build and build until the end when there is inevitably a blow up and break off of the relationship which in pretty much the last chapter gets tidily resolved. The kind of plot that makes you want to just smack the main character and yell "just tell them already!" In this book the author uses a much more realistic approach to how things would really work out, because people aren't really all that dense in real life. I recommend both of the "Trouble" books, and anything else by Deeanne Gist
    • 5/5
      excellent
    • 4/5
      For me the most enjoyable part of all of Deeanne's novels are the stolen kisses and the tension between the hero and heroine. I love the push-pull in romances and this author is a master with showing passion between people in love and yet reigning them in before things got out of hand. Toward the end I really didn't see how they would get out of the mess they were in but Deeanne did a great job dragging out the tension just enough to make you sweat, then offering a satisfying conclusion. I really enjoyed this read. Except for the lag in the middle it was nearly perfect.
    • 5/5
      "Deep in the Heart of Trouble" is the sequel to Courting Trouble. They are definitely meant to be read in order. If you skip the first one you will miss most everything that is important that is said, but not quite fully said. Read both and you'll be a very happy reader. *grin*Here we have a girl who messed up on life, but has taken another chance to live. By owning a bicycle club and teaching others various talents as well as running her father's oil company Essie really has an eventful life. She once attempted to find love and found that Christ was the only groom for her. Through this book she continues with that thought until she realizes that quite possibly she is no longer acting solely upon the respect of the relationship she has with Christ, but that perhaps she is using that as an excuse to hide from possible potential.Deeanne Gist weaves together an incredible story with fabulous characters that really get into your heart and under your skin. I feel so blessed to have been able to read this story, both in the first volume and now second. The lessons to be learned and the reflections on your own life are quite educational. This series is a must read for most women, and definitely one for discussion afterward.
    • 4/5
      This was a great sequel to "Courting Trouble". I highly encourage you to read that book first, although reading this book can be done as a stand alone. To truly get to know Essie Spreckelmeyer, you should read both in the order written. Essie was a lady I had a hard time getting to know and appreciate, but as time went on, I liked her more and more.Essie is an independent, outspoken, bicycle rider who owns her own bicycle business and is content with her being single. Along comes Tony Morgan, newly hired at Spreckelmeyer's oil company (and who has just been disinherited at the death of his oil baron father). Tony wants to regain his name and fortune, starting from the ground up. He is not interested in the headstrong, blond and bossy Essie. These two are perfect for each other. They just don't know it yet. There will be a lot of twists and turns along the way for these two, but in the end, they will discover and cherish the love they will find in each other. It was quite a ride, but well worth the time. You will learn a lot about the oil business, the bicycles and bloomers era for women, and enjoy every minute.
    • 5/5
      I listened to both this book and its predecessor, and they are both very clever books. Essie Sprecklemeier was a woman who was way ahead of her time. Her work with the velocipede club in Corsicana, Texas gives a certain twist to the plot. It's hard to imagine a day when riding a bicycle was considered a wild, improper thing for a woman to do. However, in my mind, one of the stars of this particular book is Mrs. Lockhart, the reader and lender of romance novels. I drove along laughing at her suggestions as they were read to me. This is a really cute read, and I recommend it.
    • 4/5
      “My stars and garters!” This was a fun and fluffy little story. A little history about oil wells and bicycles, wrapped up in a romance. A little who-done-it, pertly solved by the lady members of the velocipede club. The bad-guy is headed to Fort Smith to be tried by “Hanging Judge Isaac Parker”. A distant relative (one-armed!) was the court reporter for Judge Parker, so I enjoy running across the judge in a book now and then. As to the sense of place, I just happened to drive through Corsicana last weekend, so I know that the author got the setting just right, and it’s a good thing the area is so flat, what with all that bicycling going on. The main character, Essie Spreckelmeyer, mentions her faith a time or two, though not in a preachy sort of way. But just as a fair warning, know that this book is put out by a Christian publishing house. Don’t let that deter you, though. This is a good, clean, fun little story that any romance reader could enjoy. And I did!
    • 5/5
      I listened to both this book and its predecessor, and they are both very clever books. Essie Sprecklemeier was a woman who was way ahead of her time. Her work with the velocipede club in Corsicana, Texas gives a certain twist to the plot. It's hard to imagine a day when riding a bicycle was considered a wild, improper thing for a woman to do. However, in my mind, one of the stars of this particular book is Mrs. Lockhart, the reader and lender of romance novels. I drove along laughing at her suggestions as they were read to me. This is a really cute read, and I recommend it.
    • 2/5
      2.5

      I like Essie SO much more in this book, and the change seemed natural. I do like that Essie was going to be given a family even though she had embraced not receiving one. But the subplot of the lynchings was too much. And though I liked some of the ways that Tony was different and flawed, I felt like he changed unnaturally. I don't know, I didn't completely buy into the relationship. And the way that all the loose ends tied up, with his sister's marriage and the deputy being shot and implicated, and the killer having left and obvious trail, not to mention his older brother's demise to begin with, it was all just too easy. Too simply, too neatly wrapped up.
    • 5/5
      Just the kind of story I needed to read now. True love is only possible with God. Only God can turn a situation that seems such a disaster into a blessing and then keep doing it all our lives. Lovely book
    • 3/5
      I kind of feel the same way about this book that I do about all of Deeanne Gist's books. I enjoy listening to them... but they border on the absurd and soap opera. She puts her characters in these outlandish situations and then keeps throwing weird twists and plot angles. In themselves, none of this is bad or entirely unbelievable, but thrown altogether it just feels a little... over the top. Nonetheless, her romances are light-hearted and fun.
    • 4/5
      This was a very satisfying book. I loved the development/tension/resolution of the main characters. The supporting characters were interesting and funny. (I loved Mrs. Lockhart!) The plot and setting were also well done. I thought this was a much better book than Gist's A Bride Most Begrudging.
    • 5/5
      I LOVED THIS BOOK! I cannot wait for Gist's next book due out in June 2009!