God of the Rodeo

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307765865
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis God of the Rodeo by : Daniel Bergner

Download or read book God of the Rodeo written by Daniel Bergner and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before had Daniel Bergner seen a spectacle as bizarre as the one he had come to watch that Sunday in October. Murderers, rapists, and armed robbers were competing in the annual rodeo at Angola, the grim maximum-security penitentiary in Louisiana. The convicts, sentenced to life without parole, were thrown, trampled, and gored by bucking bulls and broncos before thousands of cheering spectators. But amid the brutality of this gladiatorial spectacle Bergner caught surprising glimpses of exaltation, hints of triumphant skill. The incongruity of seeing hope where one would expect only hopelessness, self-control in men who were there because they'd had none, sparked an urgent quest in him. Having gained unlimited and unmonitored access, Bergner spent an unflinching year inside the harsh world of Angola. He forged relationships with seven prisoners who left an indelible impression on him. There's Johnny Brooks, seemingly a latter-day Stepin Fetchit, who, while washing the warden's car, longs to be a cowboy and to marry a woman he meets on the rodeo grounds. Then there's Danny Fabre, locked up for viciously beating a woman to death, now struggling to bring his reading skills up to a sixth-grade level. And Terry Hawkins, haunted nightly by the ghost of his victim, a ghost he tries in vain to exorcise in a prison church that echoes with the cries of convicts talking in tongues. Looming front and center is Warden Burl Cain, the larger-than-life ruler of Angola who quotes both Jesus and Attila the Hun, declares himself a prophet, and declaims that redemption is possible for even the most depraved criminal. Cain welcomes Bergner in, and so begins a journey that takes the author deep into a forgotten world and forces him to question his most closely held beliefs. The climax of his story is as unexpected as it is wrenching. Rendered in luminous prose, God of the Rodeo is an exploration of the human spirit, yielding in the process a searing portrait of a place that will be impossible to forget and a group of men, guilty of unimaginable crimes, desperately seeking a moment of grace.

God of the Rodeo

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Publisher : Crown
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Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis God of the Rodeo by : Daniel Bergner

Download or read book God of the Rodeo written by Daniel Bergner and published by Crown. This book was released on 1998 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces a year in the lives of six convicts at Louisiana's most fearsome maximum security prison and reveals both the brutality of their lives and their human emotions as they compete in the annual prison rodeo.

Angola

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Total Pages : 226 pages
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Book Synopsis Angola by : Anne Butler Hamilton

Download or read book Angola written by Anne Butler Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cain's Redemption

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Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1575675013
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (756 download)

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Book Synopsis Cain's Redemption by : Dennis Shere

Download or read book Cain's Redemption written by Dennis Shere and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formerly known as America's bloodiest prison, the 18,000 acres that comprise Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary are now home to 5,000 inmates, a full range of seasonal crops, a 9-hole golf course, yearly rodeos, a Bible seminary, a museum, and much more. All of this came into being at the behest of Warden Burl Cain, who is now the longest-standing warden in the history of Angola prison. Under his leadership, the inmate population of 5,000 has gone from regular knife fights to Bible studies. Cain is a strong believer in the ability of the gospel to turn the most incorrigible of sinners into productive, moral citizens. Because eight out of ten prisoners are serving life sentences without parole at Angola, Cain has taken upon himself the task of making the lives of these prisoners productive and educational. Through a partnership with New Orleans Baptist Seminary, prisoners have the opportunity to get a bible degree and even be transferred to other prisons as a missionary. The Angola phenomenon has been covered by such media outlets as: Time Magazine, Christianity Today, and in the award-winning film documentary, The Farm: Angola, USA. Author Dennis Shere combines his background in journalism and law to bring readers this account of redemption and life change in the most unlikely of places: a maximum security prison.

The God of Animals

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416533257
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis The God of Animals by : Aryn Kyle

Download or read book The God of Animals written by Aryn Kyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her stunning debut, Kyle produces an emotionally powerful coming-of-age story that deftly and movingly captures not only the complexity of love, loss, and human relationships but also the fierce and powerful bond between horses and humans.

The Cattle on a Thousand Hills

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Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490883541
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cattle on a Thousand Hills by : Marty Campbell

Download or read book The Cattle on a Thousand Hills written by Marty Campbell and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone who rides through God’s creation longs for the romance John Wayne offers from the back of a Hollywood horse. However, the reality of those same folks’ ranch lives often hits them in the side of the head like the handle on a squeeze chute. The whirlwind of the modern-day cowboy life leaves seemingly little time for praying and even less time for sermons that don’t hit home. God needs to be real, and he needs to be found in the everyday, dawn-to-midnight struggles and joys of true-to-life, cow-feeding, bronc-stomping folks who live in a world where there are espresso shacks in feed-store parking lots. In The Cattle on a Thousand Hills, stories of genuine individuals who live life on the working end of a calf-puller teach lessons that only a real God can provide, set in the real world in which cowboys, horsemen, and ranch wives live. Combining true stories and life lessons with biblical wisdom, this book is at the same time humorous and poignant. Its pages will provide a look at life through God’s eyes that can be applied to anyone’s life, but especially to the folks who spend their summers cutting hay and their winters feeding it.

Chase the Dream

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Publisher : Palisades Press (OR)
ISBN 13 : 9780880709286
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Chase the Dream by : Constance Colson

Download or read book Chase the Dream written by Constance Colson and published by Palisades Press (OR). This book was released on 1996 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four young people entered the world of high school rodeo, never foreseeing that their paths would diverge and come together again. In Chasing the Dream, the four friends find their way through complicated lives to discover the rewards of professional rodeo life, love, and ultimately, a faith in God. One of them, Tom Rawlings, is a cowboy with a dream of his own, a passion for barrel racer Melanie Monroe, and a heart for God. Through him, each of his friends slowly finds his or her way to Christ. But will Mel find a place in her heart for Tom as well?

Aloha Rodeo

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062836021
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Book Synopsis Aloha Rodeo by : David Wolman

Download or read book Aloha Rodeo written by David Wolman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The triumphant true story of the native Hawaiian cowboys who crossed the Pacific to shock America at the 1908 world rodeo championships Oregon Book Award winner * An NPR Best Book of the Year * Pacific Northwest Book Award finalist * A Reading the West Book Awards finalist "Groundbreaking. … A must-read. ... An essential addition." —True West In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world’s greatest rodeo. Steer-roping virtuoso Ikua Purdy and his cousins Jack Low and Archie Ka’au’a had travelled 4,200 miles from Hawaii, of all places, to test themselves against the toughest riders in the West. Dismissed by whites, who considered themselves the only true cowboys, the native Hawaiians would astonish the country, returning home champions—and American legends. An unforgettable human drama set against the rough-knuckled frontier, David Wolman and Julian Smith’s Aloha Rodeo unspools the fascinating and little-known true story of the Hawaiian cowboys, or paniolo, whose 1908 adventure upended the conventional history of the American West. What few understood when the three paniolo rode into Cheyenne is that the Hawaiians were no underdogs. They were the product of a deeply engrained cattle culture that was twice as old as that of the Great Plains, for Hawaiians had been chasing cattle over the islands’ rugged volcanic slopes and through thick tropical forests since the late 1700s. Tracing the life story of Purdy and his cousins, Wolman and Smith delve into the dual histories of ranching and cowboys in the islands, and the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Cheyenne, “Holy City of the Cow.” At the turn of the twentieth century, larger-than-life personalities like “Buffalo Bill” Cody and Theodore Roosevelt capitalized on a national obsession with the Wild West and helped transform Cheyenne’s annual Frontier Days celebration into an unparalleled rodeo spectacle, the “Daddy of ‘em All.” The hopes of all Hawaii rode on the three riders’ shoulders during those dusty days in August 1908. The U.S. had forcibly annexed the islands just a decade earlier. The young Hawaiians brought the pride of a people struggling to preserve their cultural identity and anxious about their future under the rule of overlords an ocean away. In Cheyenne, they didn’t just astound the locals; they also overturned simplistic thinking about cattle country, the binary narrative of “cowboys versus Indians,” and the very concept of the Wild West. Blending sport and history, while exploring questions of identity, imperialism, and race, Aloha Rodeo spotlights an overlooked and riveting chapter in the saga of the American West.

Not My First Rodeo

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Publisher : Twelve
ISBN 13 : 1538707071
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Book Synopsis Not My First Rodeo by : Kristi Noem

Download or read book Not My First Rodeo written by Kristi Noem and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Dakota governor Kristi Noem tells her rough and tumble story of growing up on a ranch, and how a blessed life of true grit taught her how to lead. “We don’t complain about things, Kristi. We fix them.” Taking her father’s words to heart, South Dakota's first woman governor Kristi Noem shares heartfelt – and heartbreaking – lessons on making things right in the world, from her childhood on a farm in the vastness of rural America, to the marbled halls of Congress, to the national spotlight amid a global pandemic. From humorous barnyard battles with feisty cattle and rodeo horses, to the tragic and untimely death of her larger-than-life father, to her decision to her decision to return and run the farm and ranch with her family, Noem invites readers into a life defined by work, faith, and helping others. Noem's reflections are offered in the familiar, unvarnished voice of a woman who later defied Washington’s most powerful politicians and led the people of her small, hardscrabble state through natural disasters, the pain of a global pandemic, and the fear and turmoil that gripped the nation after. While filled with plenty of candid observations and refreshingly frank assessments of the country's leading figures, the memoir's most powerful moments nevertheless come from honest glimpses into marriage, motherhood, and leadership in an unpredictable time. Far from a book about politics, Not My First Rodeo is the story of a life lived so far – with characters as richly textured as the Black Hills, and reflections as gentle and powerful as America itself.

Walker: The Rodeo Legend

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Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1426856822
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis Walker: The Rodeo Legend by : Rebecca Winters

Download or read book Walker: The Rodeo Legend written by Rebecca Winters and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of nowhere, Walker Cody swoops in and saves Paula Olsen's toddler son from a dog bite. Before she can properly thank him, the handsome Iraq War veteran fades into the crowd. Walker's in training to retake his World Champion Bulldogger title. The practice rides are bruising, but still don't knock thoughts of a certain beautiful young widow and her little boy out of his head. And Paula's shocked to realize she has a bad case of Pervasive Walkeritis. Survivors' guilt and ghosts from their pasts stand between them. Walker's need to prove himself on the rodeo circuit runs deeper than bragging rights. But can Paula risk her healing heart on a troubled man who deliberately puts himself in danger?

Sing for Your Life

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316300659
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Book Synopsis Sing for Your Life by : Daniel Bergner

Download or read book Sing for Your Life written by Daniel Bergner and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller about a young black man's journey from violence and despair to the threshold of stardom: "A beautiful tribute to the power of good teachers" (Terry Gross, Fresh Air). "One of the most inspiring stories I've come across in a long time."-Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review Ryan Speedo Green had a tough upbringing in southeastern Virginia: his family lived in a trailer park and later a bullet-riddled house across the street from drug dealers. His father was absent; his mother was volatile and abusive. At the age of twelve, Ryan was sent to Virginia's juvenile facility of last resort. He was placed in solitary confinement. He was uncontrollable, uncontainable, with little hope for the future. In 2011, at the age of twenty-four, Ryan won a nationwide competition hosted by New York's Metropolitan Opera, beating out 1,200 other talented singers. Today, he is a rising star performing major roles at the Met and Europe's most prestigious opera houses. Sing for Your Life chronicles Ryan's suspenseful, racially charged and artistically intricate journey from solitary confinement to stardom. Daniel Bergner takes readers on Ryan's path toward redemption, introducing us to a cast of memorable characters -- including the two teachers from his childhood who redirect his rage into music, and his long-lost father who finally reappears to hear Ryan sing. Bergner illuminates all that it takes -- technically, creatively -- to find and foster the beauty of the human voice. And Sing for Your Life sheds unique light on the enduring and complex realities of race in America.

The Other Side of Desire

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141956151
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Other Side of Desire written by Daniel Bergner and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob is a man with an overwhelming attraction to female feet. The Baroness is a clothing designer and evangelical sadist. Roy is a wedding band singer entranced by his step daughter. Ron and Laura are simply in love - only Laura lost both her legs in a car accident, and Ron is beguiled by a beauty many would be blind to. How do we deal with desire? Our own, and the desires of others? How do we comprehend desires that are extreme, or unacceptable? And how do those who have them, live with them? In A Map of Desire Daniel Bergner takes us on a journey into human passion suffered, endured, and celebrated. Desire is a sometimes anarchic, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes destructive, sometimes redeeming, and always powerful force.Immersing himself in it through the people whose lives he follows and the scientists he spends time with who are trying to understand it, slowly he exposes and illuminates layers of our humanity.

Grace Notes

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Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310562147
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Grace Notes by : Philip Yancey

Download or read book Grace Notes written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily meditations—drawn from the beloved and award-winning writings of Philip Yancey—will take you through an entire year of his spiritual insight and imagination. Philip Yancey's words—captured in his many bestselling books—have influenced the lives of millions of readers by strengthening their faith, building their hope, sparking their creativity, and challenging their comfort zones. Grace Notes covers a broad range of topics, including: How to rediscover God through the wonders of nature, music, and romantic love Why grace means you can't do anything to make God love you more or less What happens when you cut through preconceptions to encounter the "real" Jesus How to renew your understanding and practice of prayer Where you can see God in unexpected people and places How to cope when life crashes in around you Every day, experience the best from a beloved author who, with freshness, clarity, and energy, has so brilliantly articulated God’s wonderful but mysterious relationship with you. "There is no writer in the evangelical world that I admire and appreciate more." - Billy Graham

God's Instant

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ISBN 13 : 9781955719049
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis God's Instant by : Bruce Blizard

Download or read book God's Instant written by Bruce Blizard and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodeo either makes you rugged and hard as the Washington mountains or it leaves you broken and beaten. Grady, full of rage, hopes to use rodeo to make a name for himself with his ability to take punishment. Jill, full of guilt, hopes rodeo will make everyone forget her name because it's the punishment she deserves. But these two loners will be brought together by an enigmatic older couple who refuse to live in the present despite their own tragic pasts. Their practical faith will bring Grady and Jill face to face with an impossible question: Can desire for revenge lead to redemption?

What a Ride!

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Publisher : Buoy Up Press
ISBN 13 : 9780937660140
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis What a Ride! by : Terry Holland

Download or read book What a Ride! written by Terry Holland and published by Buoy Up Press. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terry's book, What a Ride! is a must read for any cowboy, young or old. It's laced with danger, wit, and Terry's brand of humor. What a Ride! is a lot of fun. Even though Terry never made the National Finals Rodeo, he was a very successful bull rider. National Finals Rodeo qualifications don't justify or quantify a bull riding career nor should it! I trust Terry totally for his expertise in bull riding instruction. He's a great role model and prayer warrior. The Holland's are a wonderful family who love the Lord Jesus and live life to its fullest. While reading the book, I found myself with sweaty palms and that feeling only bull riders know. I was continually amazed at how accurately Terry describes all the emotions that occur while anticipating and executing a ride-fear, joy, excitement. Wow! Do yourself a favor and give it a read-you won't be disappointed. Don Gay-Eight time PRCA World Champion Bull Rider, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1984. * * * Terry Holland and I have been friends since 1985. I admire him for his love and faithfulness to Debbie Jo. His life is an example to his daughter Khakie, of what godly manhood looks like. Besides being a great bull rider, he has always had an extraordinary gift for telling a story. Terry has told stories that have made my sides hurt from laughter as well as stories about his relationship with God and compassion for people that have brought tears to my eyes. Reading through the pages of What A Ride! stirred up in me the very reason I felt so passionate about riding bulls and reminded me of what has kept me so close to the sport. Many people's lives have been affected because of having Terry a part in them. Terry is a shining example of what Jesus meant when he said in John 15:8, "This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." Enjoy reading What A Ride! and you'll understand why thousands of men have followed the dream of riding bulls. Cody Custer-PRCA World Champion Bull Rider, 1992

Think Like a Horse

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593331931
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis Think Like a Horse by : Grant Golliher

Download or read book Think Like a Horse written by Grant Golliher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Think Like a Horse, veteran “horse whisperer” and leadership expert Grant Golliher applies his hard-won horse sense to teach invaluable lessons anyone can use to live a fuller, more successful life. Grant Golliher is what some would call a “horse whisperer,” able to get a wild horse to calmly accept a saddle and a rider without the use of force. Through training thousands of horses, many traumatized or abused, Golliher was able to learn essential lessons about communication, boundaries, fairness, trust, and respect—lessons that apply not just to horses but to humans as well. It’s why celebrities, Fortune 500 ex­ecutives, professional coaches, supreme court justices, and even ordinary families from around the world flock to his Wyoming ranch every year to take part in what one CEO called “the most transformational experience I have ever encountered.” Horse whispering may sound like magic, but as Grant explains in Think Like a Horse, it’s not really all that mysterious. The lessons he shares are as fundamental and ageless as the relationship between horses, the people who ride them, and the beauty of the West. In fact, it’s an approach that anyone can learn, and should learn, in order to better understand our common humanity, overcome trauma, foster more fulfilled relationships, and unlock untapped potential in virtually every aspect of our lives. All you have to do is think like a horse.

Lady Love

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Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1460345363
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Lady Love written by Diana Palmer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merlyn Forrest Steele couldn't refuse the offer—work for a living for one month, and her father would stop his clumsy matchmaking attempts. Maybe she'd somehow find a man who had eyes for her, not her bank account, and meanwhile, she could prove she was no dilettante heiress. So it was ironic that the first man to penetrate her defenses in her new life would be the one who was looking for just that…Not that she'd have the sardonic, arrogant Cameron Thorpe, even if he asked her. Let him go ahead and marry some insipid little heiress—he'd get exactly what he deserved…But why did this thought give Merlyn no comfort at all?