TY - BOOK AU - Morris,Gilbert TI - The river rose: a water wheel novel SN - 1433677903 PY - 2012/// CY - Nashville, Tenn. PB - B & H Pub. Group KW - River boats KW - Fiction KW - Ship captains KW - Steamboats KW - Widows KW - Mississippi River KW - Large type books KW - Christian fiction KW - gsafd KW - Historical fiction KW - Love stories N2 - Life hasn't been easy for Jeanne Bettencourt, a widow approaching thirty and struggling to provide for her eight-year-old daughter. But hope arrives in the form of the Helena Rose, a steamboat she unexpectedly inherits from a distant relative. Jeanne looks forward to a renewed livelihood on the mighty Mississippi, until news comes of another heir, a tough man named Clint Hardin--and a clause in the will that says claimants of the estate must live aboard the boat. Jeanne, a Christian woman, makes it clear she won't live with a man who is not her husband. But both are desperate for work, so they agree to keep their distance as Clint occupies the lower deck and Jeanne takes the captain's quarters while they restore the Helena Rose ER -