Mantan anggota pasukan khusus SEAL Angkatan Laut AS, Talon Holt, sudah letih bertempur. Ia pun memutuskan untuk pindah dari California ke Jackson Hole untuk memulai lembaran baru hidupnya. Tak disangka badai salju melanda kota itu, dan Talon terpaksa menerima uluran bantuan paramedis Cat Edwin. Saat melihat sorot sendu di mata Cat yang indah, Talon tak bisa menahan diri ingin mengenal wanita itu lebih jauh. Masa lalu yang menyakitkan membuat Cat tak mudah memercayai orang lain. Dan ia sebenarnya hanya ingin menyembuhkan luka-luka Talon. Tetapi ternyata sulit sekali menyangkal ketertarikannya pada pesona pria itu. Kini Talon bertekad ingin melindungi Cat, meski itu akan menggiring mereka pada pertarungan yang bisa mengorbankan segalanya.

"Veteran Talon Holt and his faithful companion, retired combat assault dog Zeke, barely survive being caught in a late-spring blizzard. They are rescued by local firefighter and paramedic Cat Edwin, who takes them to a local ranch to recuperate ... Even under duress, Cat and Talon are immediately drawn together, but Cat's abusive father and ex-boyfriend taught her to be wary of men, and her ex may threaten her future with Talon."--Provided by publisher.

This book examines the complex relationships between the state state implementation of Shariʿa and diverse lived realities of everyday Islam in contemporary Aceh, Indonesia.

Performance events have long had a central place in Indonesian societies in displaying power, affirming social relations, celebrating shared values, and at times conveying potent political critique. How have they responded to the momentous social and political changes of recent years - the dismantling of the centralised, authoritarian Suharto regime and its replacement with a more open, regionally-focused political system, the rapid expansion of global cultural influence? Investigations of diverse performance genres from different regions illustrate the way general socio-political processes play out locally, and how particular groups are responding. Exploring performed understandings of identity and community, such studies expand knowledge of a complex, contested period of change in Indonesia and the workings of contemporary performance in giving it expression. With contributions by Chua Beng Huat, Alexandra Crosby, Barbara Hatley, Ariel Heryanto, Brett Hough, Rachmah Ida, Reza Idria, Edwin Jurriens, Yoshi Fajar Kresno Murti, Neneng Yanti K Lahpan, Ugoran Prasad, Wawan Sofwan, Aline Scott-Maxwell, Fridus Steijlen, Alia Swastika, Denise Varney.

Prepare to enter a world where a nation so great is finally tested as if jackals and lions collide. Will Valkar be a jackal or a lion?