02463cam a2200373 i 4500 388145981 TxAuBib 20190731120000.0 000223s2001||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780060188047 pbk. 0060188049 pbk. (OCoLC)45725515 TxAuBib rda Lowell, Elizabeth, 1944- Beautiful dreamer [Large Print] / Elizabeth Lowell. Large print ed. ℗2001. New York : HarperLargePrint, 2001. 390 pages (large print) : 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A novel. Hope's home is Valley of the Sun, the Nevada cattle ranch she inherited from her parents. The ranch is located in high desert country at the base of a mountain range, and a months-long drought has left the land parched and dry. When the only producing well left on the property gives out, Hope becomes desperate to find a new source of water and is forced to borrow from her manipulative, controlling neighbor, John Turner, a man who tries to rape her nearly every time they meet. And while Turner is letting her have the water for free now, he's made it clear that he will eventually exact a horrible price. Hope's situation seems hopeless until a dark-haired stranger with a mysterious past shows up and offers to help her find the water she needs, assuming there is any to be found. The stranger's name is Rio, and in addition to conventional training in geology and hydrology, he has a special ability for dowsing. Hope finds herself irresistibly drawn to him, falling in love for the first time in her life. But Rio's tortured past and restless nature won't let him settle down, despite the fact that Hope is the only thing he has ever truly wanted. As the clock ticks down and the land dries up, Hope's only chance for a future of any kind lies with Rio. And the only way she can possibly make her dream -- and his -- come true is if she risks everything, including her heart. 20190731. Ranch life Fiction. Women ranchers Fiction. Droughts Fiction. Dowsers Fiction. Large type books. Love Stories. Large Print. Nevada Fiction.