Product Description

On the day Trevor Hodge graduates from college his life is about to take a sudden turn, and it's not toward the big accounting job that he'd lined up. Surprised by a visitor at his college commencement, Trevor learns that his father, who he never knew, has died in a bull riding accident. Trevor is drawn by a subconscious and relentless yearning to go to Oklahoma to the funeral, and ultimately stay the summer with his lost family to travel the rodeo circuit. This impetuous journey leads Trevor to an awakening—one of love, one of understanding, and one of reckoning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2281784 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Released on: 2007-02-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 345 pages

Review
"Rodeo Summer is a suspenseful love story—of many kinds .... A fine read for any season." -- Max Evans, Author of Hi Lo Country

"Rodeo Summer is a suspenseful love story—of many kinds .... A fine read for any season." --Max Evans, Author of Hi Lo Country

"Stern Values of the Old West still survive on today's rodeo circuit, as Steven Law's Rodeo Summer illustrates." -- Elmer Kelton, author of The Good Old Boys

"Stern Values of the Old West still survive on today's rodeo circuit, as Steven Law's Rodeo Summer illustrates." --Elmer Kelton, author of The Good Old Boys

"This novel reads like a work crafted by a master." -- Mike Blakely, Spur Award winning author of Summer of Pearls

"This novel reads like a work crafted by a master." --Mike Blakely, Spur Award winning author of Summer of Pearls

About the Author
Steven Law is founder and publisher of ReadWest Online Magazine, and works as a Web developer, managing Web sites for other writers and writing organizations. He works out of his home in Baxter Springs, Kansas. Visit his Web site at www.stevenlaw.com.

Customer Reviews

A Charmer
Rodeo Summer by Steven Law is a delightfully woven tale full of charm and raw elegance. This character driven piece was a joy to read. It's beautiful in its simplicity and heartfelt in its plot development. I highly recommend Rodeo Summer.

The Road Home
Stephen Law breaths life into the shrinking world of ranches and rodeos in a heartfelt tale of acceptance. College boy, Trevor Hodge, becomes a man in a world foreign to his senses but familiar to his heart. Rodeo Summer touches the soul and tickles the cowboy in each of us. A great read for young and old. Cara Brookins

A wonderful story
I am an accountant in Tulsa and someone mentioned this book in a casual conversation so I looked it up. I have never been around the rodeo life but since the main character was an accountant I thought I might like it. I more than liked it, I loved it. I was very moved by Trevor's experience and his sudden leap of faith. Having lived in Texas and Oklahoma my whole life the people in this book seemed very real to me. Steven Law writes in a way that brings you into every scene like you are standing right there and hooks you to where you can't put the book down, or put the story out of your head. I only put it down once because I had to go to bed. I finished it the next morning and the story has really stayed with me. I haven't had a book do that to me in a long time. I will certainly recommend this book to others and I hope to one day see it as a movie. I think it would be an awesome film.