Dumb at Heart — Amarinda Jones

After unceremoniously being dumped by her boyfriend, Cass Kelly has had enough of men and the big city. She needs a change and a challenge. On a drunken whim, she accepts a job working in a small hotel in the outback town of Mundabucka. She heads out west with one suitcase and a cage carrying her two pet chickens. Men? Who needs them? Sex? Never, ever again.

Local cowboy Evan Bates is not one to say never and makes it only too obvious why she needs men, sex and him specifically. The redheaded Cass is in his sights and he aims to get her. But lust isn't the only thing stirring in town. It's the annual Throcker Thrash where legendary gold is hunted and Cass is caught up in the race for it. Who wants it so badly they'll kill for it?