{"product_id":"to-wager-her-heart-9780310291084","title":"To Wager Her Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet against the real history of Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation and the original Fisk University Jubilee Singers ensemble, \u003cem\u003eTo Wager Her Heart \u003c\/em\u003eis a stirring love story about seeking justice and restoring honor at a time in American history when both were tenuous and hard-won.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith fates bound by a shared tragedy, a reformed gambler from the Colorado Territory and a Southern Belle bent on breaking free from society's expectations must work together to achieve their dreams--provided the truth doesn't tear them apart first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylas Rutledge, new owner of the Northeast Line Railroad, invests everything he has into this new venture, partly for the sake of the challenge. But mostly to clear his father's name. One man holds the key to Sy's success--General William Giles Harding of Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation. But Harding is champagne and thoroughbreds, and Sy Rutledge is beer and bullocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSy needs someone to help him maneuver through Nashville's society, and when he meets Alexandra Jamison, he quickly decides he's found his tutor. But he soon discovers that the very train accident his father is blamed for causing is what killed Alexandra's fianc? and shattered her world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpurning an arranged marriage by her father, Alexandra instead pursues her passion for teaching at Fisk University, the first freedmen's university in the United States. But family--and Nashville society--do not approve, and she soon finds herself cast out from both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough connections with the Harding family, Alexandra and Sy become unlikely allies. And despite first impressions, Alexandra gradually finds herself coming to respect and even care for this man. But how can she, when her heart is still spoken for?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSy is willing to risk everything to win over the woman he loves. What he doesn't count on is having to wager her heart to do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander, Tamera:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTamera Alexander is a \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novelist whose works have been awarded and nominated for numerous industry-leading honors, including the Christy Award (two-time winner, seven-time finalist), the RITA Award (two-time winner, four-time finalist), the Carol Award, the Maggie Award, the Booksellers Best Award, and Library Journal's top distinction, among others. After seventeen years in Colorado, Tamera and her husband now reside in Nashville, Tennessee, where they live a short distance from Belmont Mansion and Belle Meade Plantation, the setting of Tamera's two \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling Southern series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zondervan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697727607058,"sku":"9780310291084","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0eb65586-57fc-4404-81a9-97dd4740a777.jpg?v=1734307429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-wager-her-heart-9780310291084","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}