College football player Brett is devastated when he learns Gavin, the man he’s waited for in Heaven, is married and intends to spend his afterlife with his wife, who predeceased him.<br><br>Lost, Brett leans heavily on his friends, his dads Colton and Dennis, as well as his work as a vet tech. Brett is assigned the rehabilitation of Willow, a tall sorrel horse, who died in a lightning strike. However, where Willow goes, so does Jake Rushton, the cowboy who rides him.<br><br>Can Jake adjust to life in Heaven and, for the first time, allow someone close enough to love and care for him? Despite past hurts, can Brett be all Jake needs him to be?

Brett's New Game Plan

“Well, he wasn’t alone.” Brett went on to explain about Jake.


“And you feel a certain something for this Jake guy,” Colton mused, saying what Brett couldn’t.


Brett shook his head. “How can I? I don’t know him, he’s older than me, he’s—”


“Maybe you should spend time with this Jake and see if Gabriel’s none-too-subtle attempts at matchmaking were on the money,” Dennis suggested.


“I’m not ready,” Brett protested. Though even to him, the statement seemed half-hearted.


“Hon.” It was Colton’s turn to put a hand on top of Brett’s. “You need to move on.”


“May I be excused?” Brett didn’t wait for an answer before pushing away from the table and shambling off to his bedroom, Roxanne following close behind.


Chapter 11