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

“Stop lookin’at me like I’m something to eat,”Brock said under his breath.


“Sorry,”Calvin repeated.“But make no mistake,I will eat you later.”


Brock shook his head and turned away to start a conversation with someone else.


Calvin thought it better to mingle,put some distance between himself and theman he loved.


God,the old place hadn’t changed much,not that he frequented the football stadium when he’d been a student at the school.There were a few people present who Calvin knew…even fewer that he actually wanted to talk to.He chit-chatted with a handful of his old teachers who still taught at the school.He said‘hi’to a fellow geek who had been in the drama club with him.While standing in line at a concession stand to get a bottle of water he got talking with—of all people—a former jock.Calvin recognized him as the starting wide receiver,but he was sure the guy didn’t remember Calvin,a fact for which Calvin was grateful.


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