Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist--a review

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Love on the Line Bethany House (October 1, 2011) by Deeanne Gist


BUT FIRST, A WORD FROM OUR BLOGGER:
Personally? I wouldn't give two bits for a truck full of ladies romance novels. It's always the same thing: Poor boy and rich girl. Rich boy and poor girl. Once-rich boy and rich/poor girl. Once-rich girl and rich/poor girl. Yada, yada, yada ad nauseam.
        But then came Love on the Line, by Deeanne Gist. This is my first reading of this author, and it won't be the last, if all her characters speak for themselves as do Georgie and Luke. The period of this story speaks eloquently to today's culture of technological explosiveness. Telephones are The Latest Thang, and for a woman to control this new-fangled switchboard and the attached communications network, well, to a man's man like Luke Palmer, even a drop-dead gorgeous lady—especially, a drop-dead gorgeous lady—like Georgie Gail is just out of place. Will Georgie allow herself to be run over by a strong male? Has Ranger Luke met his match? Click the link below to read the first chapter, if you're ready to be captivated.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

After a short career in elementary education, Deeanne Gist retired to raise her four children. Over the course of the next fifteen years, she ran a home accessory and antique business, became a member of the press, wrote freelance journalism for national publications such as People, Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Houston Chronicle and Orlando Sentinel, and acted as CFO for her husband’s small engineering firm--all from the comforts of home.

Squeezed betwixt-and-between all this, she read romance novels by the truckload and even wrote a couple of her own. While those unpublished manuscripts rested on the shelf, she founded a publishing corporation for the purpose of developing, producing and marketing products that would reinforce family values, teach children responsibility and provide character building activities.

After a few short months of running her publishing company, Gist quickly discovered being a "corporate executive" was not where her gifts and talents lie. In answer to Gist’s fervent prayers, God sent a mainstream publisher to her door who licensed her parenting I Did It!® product line and committed to publish the next generation of her system, thus freeing Gist to return to her writing.

Eight months later, she sold A Bride Most Begrudging to Bethany House Publishers. Since that debut, her very original, very fun romances have rocketed up the bestseller lists and captured readers everywhere. Add to this two consecutive Christy Awards, three RITA nominations, rave reviews, and a growing loyal fan base, and you’ve got one recipe for success.

Her latest releases, Beguiled, Maid To Match, and Love on the Line are now available.

Gist lives in Texas with her husband of twenty-eight years and their border collie. They have four grown children. Click here to find out the most up-to-the-minute news about Dee.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Rural switchboard operator Georgie Gail is proud of her independence in a man's world ... which makes it twice as vexing when the telephone company sends a man to look over her shoulder.

Dashing Luke Palmer is more than he appears though. He's a Texas Ranger working undercover to infiltrate a notorious gang of train robbers. Repairing telephones and tangling with this tempestuous woman is the last thing he wants to do.  But when his stakeout puts Georgie in peril, he realizes more than his job is on the line.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Love on the Line, go HERE.