Daniel is looking to turn his life around. After the death of his outdoorsy father, he decides to leave his job as an 28 photographer and find greener pastures, which leads him to Seyda Ranch in Wyoming. He thinks things can’t get worse after his boyfriend dumps him over this new venture, until his truck breaks down before he even makes it to his new cabin. Help arrives in the form of Seyda Ranch’s most trusted cowboy, Cole, a handsome young man with a kind heart. As Daniel spends more time with Cole, he wonders if his streak of misfortune has finally ended. But fate has one more cruel trick to play, and Daniel will need all the luck he can get to survive it.

Daniel in Distress

By the time they reached Daniel’s cabin, Daniel had muddled through polite conversation and come to the conclusion that Cole wasn’t truly interested in him like that. Cole had talked about the ranch and how they were going to move the cattle to the other side of their nine-thousand acre property for grazing rotation. That meant he wouldn’t be around much for a couple months, which disappointed Daniel, but at the same time he felt it was best if he didn’t have to wistfully watch Cole from a distance every day.


Cole helped Daniel ease himself off Pepper’s back and get inside. “Go easy on that leg for the rest of the week, okay?” he said.


“I will. Thanks for taking me out today.”


“My pleasure. If you need anything else, you have my number.” Cole gave Daniel a farewell handshake, then hopped back on Ziggy and led Pepper back to the barns.


Chapter 7