The book ‘Courting Trouble’ is written by Deeanne Gist. ‘Courting Trouble is a Christian historical romance novel. The story is about Essie Spreckelmeyer, a woman who can’t quite fit into the ideal woman her hometown and mother expect her to be. As seen in the story, 1894 was the year of her thirtieth birthday and that year she decided to find a husband herself.