Cliff Oakley

Cliff, a character in the Big Sky Country series, is the father of Duke and Sawyer. He is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 1.

Appearance
Cliff has gray hair, blue eyes and slightly tanned skin. He wears a blue button-up shirt with a blue necklace.

Personality
He is shown to be very protective of his property given that his first action was to point a shotgun at your character, believing that you work for the bank. His expectation for his guests is as long as they sleep on his property, they have to help out around the ranch.

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Country Roads
 * Chapter 2: Moonlight Moonshine
 * Chapter 4: Helping Hands
 * Chapter 5: Fair's Play
 * Chapter 7: Back in the Saddle
 * Chapter 8: City Slickers
 * Chapter 9: A Hell of an Offer
 * Chapter 10: Hitting the Trail
 * Chapter 11: Trials of the Trail (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 12: Fugitive Blues (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 14: End of the Line
 * Chapter 15: High Noon
 * Chapter 16: Hoedown Heartache

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: The New Normal
 * Chapter 2: Sweetridge, USA
 * Chapter 3: The Race Is On
 * Chapter 4: This Ain't Your First Rodeo
 * Chapter 5: The Sweetridge Derby

Sawyer Oakley
Sawyer is Cliff's youngest son.

Duke Oakley
Duke is Cliff's eldest son.

Anna-Marie Mendoza
Anna-Marie is Cliff's rival and potential lover (if you decide to matchmake them in Book 1, Chapter 14). The Oakley-Mendoza feud started in 1889 when his great-great-grandfather had a prize steer that went missing. Oakley blamed Mendoza for stealing the steer because the Mendoza's breeding stock got significantly better after that. Anna-Marie said they did not steal the steer but Oakley stole their best cow.

Trivia

 * In Book 1, Chapter 4, it is mentioned that he has a heart condition. This is expanded upon in Book 1, Chapter 9, when he appears to be having a heart attack.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 11, it is revealed that he had an older brother named John who died in a car crash when he was 19.