title: Down Home Ever Lovin' Mule Blues
author: Rogers, Jacquie
description: It Happened in the Idaho Desert
  The rodeo clown
  : Brody wants the thrill of bullfighting and the wind at his feet.
  The actuary
  : Rita doesn't want anything to do with a busted up cowboy-and odds are, Brody will be.
  The mule
  : Socrates understands humans. And love, even if humans don't.
  Can Socrates lead Brody to Rita's heart? Will Rita let herself take the biggest risk of all?