Previously published as Sugar and Grits and Biloxi Brides

Grab a glass of sweet tea and meander down to the edge of the Texas coast to meet three of the South’s most unlikely brides. Loaded with southern hospitality and charm, Texas Sweethearts will leave hankerin’ for fried catfish, pecan pie, and a fishing pole. It will also make you want to snuggle up close to the southern gentleman of your dreams.

Not on the Menu
(by Martha Rogers)
Widow Dottie Jean Weaver is heading toward her fifty-fifth birthday, but love is standing in the background when she encounters an old high school flame.

The Perfect Catch
(by Janice Thompson)
Sassy Hatchet, a widow in her fifties, is known for her peculiar temperament. She thinks she has life all figured out until God does something unexpected.

Falling for You
(Kathleen Y’Barbo)
Sue Ellen Caldwell is living out her dream as a hairdresser at the Rhonda-Vous Beauty Shop. She and the town's deputy sheriff have been friends since their school days, but does God have something else in mind for them?