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

I joke around and say, “I hope it’s a rodeo. Guys on horses make me hard.”


He laughs. “What a coincidence. I find that they do the same thing to me.”


All is good now between us, or maybe it’s not. But at least we don’t end up angry at each other for the time being, ruining this weekend, honestly. 13: Cowboy Lust


I can’t fall in love with Corey Cassidy, even if I want to. Men do not lovemen in Kansas. Cowboys are not supposed to fall for cowboys, or city boys for that matter. Bottom line: I can’t ever love Corey. Not this weekend. Not next weekend. Never. I hope he’ll someday understand such a fact, even if his heart breaks.


I don’t tell him this; it’s not what our short time together is supposed to entail. This weekend is to be a reunion between men who were once boys, a revisited connection of time that has been lost, and a means for our relationship to reconnect and grow.


Chapter 11