"Ten short stories and two novellas that explores the idea of property in every meaning of the word ... These pieces illustrate how our possessions act as proxies for ourselves, and how tussles over ownership articulate the power dynamics of our relationships"--Amazon.com

All she has to do is be his lover for a week - and with gorgeous Galen Steele, what woman could say no? But Brittany Thrasher has her own motives for accepting Galen's proposal.... Ever since Galen met her at an auction, he knew Brittany was special. If she wants the house he just won so badly, how far is she willing to go to get it? The Denver entrepreneur makes her an offer he expects her to refuse. But he isn't about to let the woman of his dreams...

Sally Hinson could have guessed that his business partner would leave him a heap of trouble along with their real-estate holdings, but not that his partner’s last shady deal would see him competing with a growing group of oddballs, and their unusual dog, for a once-useless piece of land that now holds the key to each of their unique “American Dreams.” Determined scientist, Kat; anxious and unemployed expectant-father, Livingston; a pair...