Rio Grande (Stewart Women) [Mass Market Paperback]

Matt Braun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1998 | Series: Stewart Women (Book 1)

Tom Stuart takes risks-- in war, in love, and in card games, from St. Louis to Mexico. And the hard-drinking, fast-talking steamboat captain-- who knows every shoal and eddy of the Rio Grande from the Big Bend to Brownsville-- has a dream of building a shipping empire that will span the windswept Gulf of Mexico to rich, exotic New Orleans. But this is a kind of gamble he's never faced before: with a woman to win, a woman to lose, and a dangerous man standing in the way. Now, Stuart is plunged into a fight that will engulf his very soul. And to the winner will go the mighty Rio Grande...

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Tom Stuart takes risks--in war, in love, and in card games from St. Louis to Mexico. And the hard-drinking, fast-talking steamboat captain--who knows every shoal and eddy of the Rio Grande from the Big Bend to Brownsville--has a dream of building a shipping empire that will span the wind-swept Gulf of Mexico to rich, exotic New Orleans. But this is a kind of gamble he's never faced before: with a woman to win, a woman to lose and a dangerous man standing in the way. Now, Stuart is plunged into a fight that will engulf his very soul. And to the winner will go the mighty Rio Grande.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks; Reprint edition (October 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312966636
• ISBN-13: 978-0312966638
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,623,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)