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THE VERY DEFINITION OF A HARD-NOSED BUSINESSMAN, ADAM MARCH HAS NO ROOM IN HIS LIFE FOR ANYTHING BUT THE COLD DRIVE TO SUCCEED. NOT FOR HIS SOCIAL-CLIMBING WIFE OR FOR HIS REBELLIOUS TEENAGE DAUGHTER. THEN, IN AN INSTANT, HE LOSES EVERYTHING. DUE TO AN UNTIMELY COLLISION OF ARROGANCE, STRESS, CIRCUMSTANCE, AND A MOMENTARY LOSS OF SELF-CONTROL, ADAM FINDS HIMSELF ALONE, UNEMPLOYED, AND REDUCED TO BUSSING TABLES IN A HOMELESS SHELTER, SERVING MEN HE'D ALWAYS GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO AVOID. CHANCE WAS BORN IN AN INNER-CITY CELLAR, A MIX OF PIT BULL AND GOD-KNOWS-WHAT. BRED TO FIGHT, AND DAMN GOOD AT IT, HE LIVED IN A DANK, DARK, AND VICIOUS WORLD - A WORLD THAT 'DOG EAT DOG' DOESN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE. NOT THAT HE WISHED FOR SOMETHING BETTER; THAT WORLD WAS ALL HE KNEW. BUT WHEN THE MOMENT PRESENTED ITSELF, CHANCE MADE THE MOST OF IT IN A NEW LIFE ON THE STREET. THROWN TOGETHER, ADAM AND CHANCE FILL THE HOLES IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES. ADAM GIVES CHANCE HIS FIRST REAL HOME, A HAVEN HE NEVER COUL