Calvin Hamilton reluctantly returns to his home town of Parrish Creek, Texas, to sell his parents' house. Finding the place in need of repair he hires John "Brock" Brockwell to renovate the house before putting it on the market. Brock bares a passing resemblance to Gary Cooper, especially as he often wears western clothing. Calvin has always had a weakness for cowboys.<br><br>Time has reversed the two men's fortunes. In high school Brock was the big man on campus, his popularity allowing him to hide his true nature. Calvin was a nerd, bullied by most of the jocks for being perceived as gay. Now Calvin is a successful New York advertising executive, and Brock is a divorced father with a teenage son who faces financial ruin, unable to pay his late father's hospital bills.<br><br>Can Calvin put past bitterness behind him and help the cowboy with whom he is rapidly falling in love? Will the deeply closeted Brock be able to admit he has feelings for Calvin? Or will pride, fear, distance, and the past prevent them from building a future together?

Calvin's Cowboy

Calvin started walking to the man’s car,a green Camry with spots of rust around the wheel wells.“You don’t,but here’s my card.I’m co-owner of this company.You will get your money,all of it,tomorrow.”


The man looked at the business card.“New York?”He said it with distrust,if not downright distaste.


Calvin opened the car door for him.“Tomorrow.Let’s say ten o’clock.Whenwe’ll also discuss a repair schedule.”


The man got into his car,still muttering.Calvin closed the door,and,not looking back,walked up the porch steps and back into the house.Brock was just coming down the hallway,a towel wrapped around his middle,another being used to dry his hair.


Calvin considered lying and saying‘no,’or telling Brock it was the Jehovah’s Witnesses or the Mormons,but he couldn’t.“It was your landlord.”He folded the papers and stuck them in his back pocket.


Chapter 27