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"Just out of prison for nearly killing the man who assaulted his sister, Ray Dokes heads back to the small Canadian town where he was raised. Vowing to lie low, he moves in with Pete Culpepper, a Texas cowboy who has always been a grounding influence, but whose debts are growing faster than his corn.". "Between roofing houses and watching Pete's nine-year-old gelding at the races, Ray soon crosses paths with just about everyone in town, including Pete's new jockey, Chrissie, a tough young woman whose ease with horses is equaled only by her mistrust of people, and Ray's former lover, Etta, who…
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4 editions- Other · English · 2004Picador · 308 pages · 9780312423179
- Other · English · 2004Penguin Canada · 341 pages · 9780143013617
- Other · English · 2003Henry Holt and Co. · 308 pages · 9780805072174
- Other · English · 2003Penguin Canada · 308 pages · 9780143013600
FictionWomen jockeysMale friendshipSwindlers and swindlingEx-convictsHorse racingSwindlers and swindling -- Fiction.Fiction, humorous, general









