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

“Wow!”The banister rail was held up by round turned rods.


“What?”Calvin asked.Brock moved aside to show him.“So?”


Brock explained he’d thought there’d be plain two-by-two square posts,but turned rods—which had a fair amount of detail on them—were something a bit special.


Calvin smiled and gave Brock’s shoulder a squeeze.


Looking down the length of the banister,Brock could see some idiot had taken a saw to the newel post at the end and removed what he bet would have been a magnificent piece of woodworking.


Then something shot past him on the banister rail.


Thank God Calvin was back down at the bottom to catch the young fool.Despite the lack of a finial,the newel post stuck up a few inches,easily enough to…Brock winced at the possible damage that could have been done to the continuation of the Brockwell family name.


“Uh,you probably shouldn’t have done that,”Calvin said quietly to Junioras Brock came down the stairs.


Chapter 50