Name: Keefe Ridge
Childhood Ambition: To work Ridge Range alongside my family.
Fondest Memory: Riding my first bronc.
Soundtrack: Jason Aldean. "Big Green Tractor" and "Dirt Road Anthem."
Retreat: The West Texas countryside. There's nothing like it.
Wildest Dream: To be a stock car racer. Or a bronc-rider. Both are dangerous and equally appealing to a daredevil like myself.
Proudest Moment: It was a sunset on Ridge Range after my brother Casey came back from college. The two of us and our father had just finished herding cattle into the north pasture and were stranding together watching the land sink into darkness. A simple moment with a heck of lot of meaning.
Biggest Challenge: Learning to let go of my mother's betrayal...and accepting Judd Black into the family after my sister fell in love with him.
Alarm Clock: Usually the walk of shame back to Ridge Range after a long night on the town.... Either that or the housekeeper, Nuala, banging pots together to get me to work on time.
Perfect Day: A normal day on the Range in any season except summer. Wrap it up with a night at The Blue Bug Saloon running up my bar tab...and maybe teaching a certain, sexy city-slicker (*cough* Calli) to play some pool.
First Job: Stable hand for Wayback's rodeo show.
Indulgence: Without a doubt, the ladies. People of West Texas: lock up your daughters ;)
Last Purchase: Warrior's Way, a four-year-old grey thoroughbred stallion. He's a stubborn one. I'm sure we'll understand each other well.
Favorite Movie: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Inspiration: Eastwood. And I guess I have to go with Casey on this one, too, and say my father.
When I'm mad I...unlike my diplomatic brother, in this case, I'm inclined to use fists if they're warranted. Right, Judd?
To learn more about Keefe and his story, Bet it on my Heart, visit the BOOKS page on my website and read the REVIEWS!