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When Nicole Renard returns home to Galveston from an eastern finishing school, she's stunned to find her father in ill health. Though she loves him, he's only ever focused on what she's not. Not male. Not married. Not able to run their family business, Renard Shipping. Vowing to secure a suitable marriage partner, Nicole sets out with the Renard family's greatest treasure: a dagger personally gifted to Nicole's father by the pirate Jean Lafitte.

Noreen O'Sullivan is a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and believes she is called to defend the cause of prohibition. When she's invited to join the Secret Society of Spinsters, Noreen jumps at the chance to rally others to her movement and shut down the local saloon for good. However, her passionate campaigning often puts her at odds with the men around her--including the local deputy. Deputy James Paxton believes in preserving the peace, but Miss O'Sullivan has been disturbing his peace for months. If James wants to be elected sheriff, he can't afford to be seen as her ally.

Texas 1893: Neill, der jüngste der Archer-Brüder, träumt davon, finanziell endlich auf eigenen Füßen zu stehen. In dem kleinen Ort Dry Gulch will er sich genug Geld für eigenes Ackerland verdienen. Doch es ist gar nicht so einfach, das Vertrauen der Einheimischen zu gewinnen und einen Job zu finden. Zum Glück spielt ihm ein Unbekannter einen Zettel zu: Dachdecker benötigt, um Heim von Witwe zu reparieren. Da ihm jede Arbeit recht ist, beschließt Neill, die Frau aufzusuchen. Leider gestaltet sich der Empfang alles andere als vielversprechend.