Texas! Sage » (Reissue)

Already a successful romance novelist in the 1980s, Sandra Brown struck gold when she pushed past the category s boundaries to take chances with more intricate plotting, richer characters, and surprising plot twists. Her string of bestsellers feature strong, capable career women in extreme circumstances.

In the dramatic finale of #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown’s popular Texas! trilogy, the headstrong youngest daughter of the powerful Tyler family finally steps out of the large shadow cast by her two older brothers. But forging her own path will take every ounce of savvy and independent spirit in Sage Tyler’s possession.
 
TEXAS! SAGE
 
The youngest heir to her family’s oil fortune, Sage has always been the unbridled spitfire in the Tyler clan. Now, fresh out of the University of Texas with her MBA in hand, she’s looking to settle down at last with her safe, predictable upper-crust fiancé. But unbeknownst to Sage, her well-ordered future is about to be suddenly and irrevocably upended.

Into her life saunters Harlan Boyd, an irritating, rootless drifter recently hired by her brothers for a Tyler Drilling Company project. Harlan’s just the sort of man Sage should avoid—particularly during this rare period of vulnerability. But there’s something irresistible about the laconic cowboy that intrigues her, makes her want to reveal all her secrets to him, and even forces her to reconsider the path her life will take. But can she trust a man who shares her maverick spirit—and harbors long-held secrets of his own?

When a financial crisis threatens to wreck Tyler Drilling for good, Sage and Harlan must channel their simmering chemistry into the immediate task of saving the family business. Working side by side in close quarters, Sage will discover that a man who seems all wrong for her may prove to be the right choice after all.

Crackling with the lightning heat of a Lone Star summer, Texas! Sage is a fitting final chapter for the Tyler family saga.

Publishers Weekly

This final novel in the Tyler trilogy (begun in Texas! Lucky ) is summer-reading fluff; a few interesting plot twists, stereotypical but amusing characters and situations, and the factory-made happy ending. Headstrong Sage Tyler expects an engagement ring for Christmas. Instead, she gets jilted: Sage is too flamboyant for her finance's straitlaced family. Home to recuperate over the holidays, Sage is stuck in her kid-sister role, with no definite career plans and no family to compare with her two brothers'. She's also attracted and annoyed by lanky blond cowboy-type Harlan Boyd, a drifter hired for a project to save the family's ailing oil company, Tyler Drilling. Harlan exudes the strength and sexual magnetism her ex-fiance lacked, but his keen perception of Sage's vulnerability unsettles her, whereas he's too independent to commit. Joining Tyler Drilling, Sage must work as Harlan's sales partner as both deny an irresistible chemistry. Their bond intensifies through many bedroom scenes, while business takes off and Harlan's past conflicts are resolved. (Aug.)