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Schoolteacher Lynnie McBride has only one reason for attending the Valentine Ball at the state capital, and it's not romance. The suffragette protest she's planned is sure to get the attention of the governor and the legislators present. But her escort, roguish Ace Durango, is nothing but an irritation—until her "Votes for Woman" banner causes a riot that lands them both in jail, and costs Lynnie her teaching position. Spending another minute with irresponsible Ace is punishment enough in Lynnie's eyes, even if his good looks and charm are suddenly hard to ignore. . .
. . .UNTIL SHE METS THE RIGHT MANAs far as Ace is concerned, taking the prim little schoolmarm to the ball more than repaid the favor he owed his parents. Now circumstances have conspired to make Ace the boss on one last cattle drive to Kansas, giving him a chance to prove to his family that he can handle whatever the job- and his future inheritance-brings. Unless it's Miss McBride herself, tagging along to attend a women's rights meeting in Dodge City. Suddenly Ace wonders if he can hold his own against the feisty young thing who won't take no for an answer –and who just might be the partner of his dreams. . .
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- ISBN: 9781420138399
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- ISBN: 9781420138399
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April 15, 2003
Lynnie McBride, schoolteacher and suffragette, is desperate to get to Dodge City, Kansas, for a big women's rights meeting. Her travel options limited, she dresses as a teenage boy so she can go on a trail drive lead by Texas bad boy, Ace Durango. Ever since Ace's family forced him to take Lynnie to the Governor's Ball, which she turned into a free-for-all demonstration for women's suffrage, he's avoided her like the plague. Lynnie doesn't care too much for Ace, either, but as they work their way through the many dangers of the Chisholm Trail, they develop a grudging respect for each other, which turns into something deeper. Ace's excruciating conversion from a card-carrying chauvinist to a man reluctantly acknowledging female equality is priceless, and a fine cast of secondary characters fills the pages, including Ace's matchmaking family; the men on the cattle drive who accept the courageous, hard-working Lynnie long before Ace does; and a cross-eyed, beribboned calf named Daisy Buttercup. Gentry's classic tale of the unending battle of the sexes is a hoot.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)
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