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

“Missed you, too,” they said simultaneously the next time their lips parted. 


“Oh, buddy,” Jake said, holding Brett at arm’s length. “You look even more…more, perfect than I dared imagine.”


Brett shook his head. Jake was looking so much more healthy, vibrant, and just plain edible than he had the last time Brett had seen him. The man’s hair was full, thick, and so lustrous. Brett just had to run his fingers through it.


“Cain’t believe how amazin’ I feel,” Jake was saying. “Used to have this pain in my side where a steer butted me once.” Jake reached to his right side, “But it’s totally gone now.”


“Welcome to your afterlife.” Brett smiled.


A cough from behind them had the two men stepping apart, but Brett noticed Jake never let go of Brett’s hand. 


“Your hats, gentlemen,” the middle-aged woman said, holding out the two Stetsons. Looking at the men, then the hats, she observed, “A matched pair.”


Chapter 19