When cowboy Gage Wellton visits boyhood friend, Corey Cassidy, for a fun-filled weekend in New York City, Corey's life is turned upside down. The two have the time of their lives in the big city. As memories of their childhoods unfold, dancing, drinking, and a night of heavy sex ensue.<br><br>Gage soon finds himself smitten, which he didn't expect. It's too late for romance though, since Gage has to head back to his ranch, ending the weekend of fun and good memories. Corey asks him to stay, but Gage has obligations in Kansas and decides to return home, leaving Corey and the city behind.<br><br>Once back home, Gage struggles without Corey at his side. Then a rodeo accident sends Gage to the hospital and Corey shows up to visit. Corey becomes medicine for Gage. During his visit, the two become intimate again. But it's hard for a closeted, gay cowboy to survive in a straight man's world. Will love be enough to make one man change his entire life for another?

The Weekender

He says the craziest thing: “I miss you. You should come and visit me.”


“New York City. I have a bar called The Warehouse.”


“I told you I would someday own a bar.”


Four weeks later, I get on a plane and fly east. He picks me up at a famous president’s airport, gives me a long hug, a kiss to my neck, and the rest becomes history. 4: Easy


Our chests touch to the music as Radiohead, Depeche Mode, LMFAO, and Antigone play for the next hour. Our nipples touch and hands lock together. Our buckles graze, grind, and brush together. Navels glide against each other. The music shelters us, causing us to become closer. The thick smell of boys jerking off in a shadowy corner hangs around our bodies and lingers in our pores. And sweat on our bare torsos—glistening in the disco ball’s reflective silver-white light—combines and sticks us together in a heated and sexual moment of bliss.


Chapter 3