Small town. Big secrets. Welcome to Sweet Ridge. Gage Cooper has always wanted a particular piece of family land. Not only for the oil on the property, but to prove to his father that Gage's past doesn't define his future. When his dad wills the land to stranger Charlotte Wilkinson and all Gage gets is a mysterious key, he's determined to do anything to get his rightful inheritance back. Charlotte Wilkinson never expected to inherit a piece of property in Sweet Ridge, Texas –the Aussie businesswoman is focused on building an environmental analyst career in America. But the moment arrogant oil-man Gage Cooper walks into her office accusing her of seducing his father, all plans for selling the property to him fly out the window. Then fate threatens to send her back to Australia and the dueling duo are forced to accept a fake marriage to keep their dreams alive. But as they discover common ground, and a surprising chemistry together, suddenly Gage must decide what's worth more: the land he's always coveted or a future with Charlotte?

Danny stares at cavalry officer Grant Holden with rebellion in her fiery black eyes. She'll go with him to his fort, but she will protect herself along the way. As they battle across the rugged prairie, Danny finds she doesn't want to resist Holden's advances. His searing gaze makes her want to love him into sweet surrender.

Rancher Ian Cameron has given his daughter, Dallas, an ultimatum: she must land a husband in time for spring round-up. But Dallas knows nothing about meeting men, so she turns to her trusted friend, ranch foreman Nick Langston--a reputed lady killer-- to teach her how to attract a marriageable man. Soon Nick will fall for his irresistible student.

Sophisticated New York attorney Morgan Daniels is everything shy Texas beauty Becca Bass has ever dreamed of in a man. Morgan needs someone to lead him into me desert to rescue his father, who has been kidnapped for ransom. But when Becca's father, a lgendary tracker, is injured, she takes his place, on a journey fraught with peril and desire.

Texas Siftings, an independent weekly humor magazine, was started in Austin, Texas in May 1881 by Alexander E. Sweet and John Armoy Knox. From 1886 to 1891, Texas Siftings ranked as one of the most popular illustrated American publications, with a circulation of 150,000. Sweet and Knox compiled columns from Texas Siftings into three books, "Sketches from Texas Siftings" in 1882, "On a Mexican Mustang through Texas, From the Gulf to the Rio Grande" in 1883, and "Texas Siftings" in 1883.