The Measure of a Lady

Deeanne Gist

Mar 2008 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Julia Gibson

About this audiobook

Christy Award finalist Deeanne Gist pens a compelling bestseller that portrays Rachel Van Buren's efforts to escape the gold-rush quagmire of 1849 San Francisco with her high moral principles intact. Rachel is shocked with this mud-infested boomtown where the only females are of ill repute. When saloon owner Johnnie Parker-widower and former missionary-lets her stay in his unoccupied shanty, she agrees to cook and clean. But Rachel soon struggles with their growing attraction. "Gist's Western romance features lively dialog and . humor."-Library Journal

About the author

Deeanne Gist holds a degree from Texas A&M. After a short career in elementary education, she retired to raise her four children. Over the next fifteen years, she ran a home accessory and antique business; wrote freelance articles for numerous publications including People, Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Houston Chronicle and Orlando Sentinel; and started her own publishing company. After a mainstream publisher agreed to license her parenting I Did It! product line and committed to publish the next generation of her system, she returned to writing. Her novels include A Bride Most Begrudging, A Bride in the Bargain, Beguiled, and Maid To Match. She has won two Christy Awards.