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

Daniel’s fingers were already exhausted. He could barely keep his head above the water. He tried to reach up for a better hold, but couldn’t support himself one-handed. More branches battered against him on their way downstream, making him flinch and lose focus. His torso was next to disappear under the bridge. He was hanging on by his fingertips. He sputtered and coughed up the water he inhaled with each stolen breath. This was it. He was dying. All my bad luck has led to this. If I have any good luck left at all, they’ll find my body before I get too far away.


The dam around his emotions broke completely. He sobbed, the tears washed away as soon as they left his eyes. Mom will be devastated, losing her husband and son in the same year. Cole…maybe Cole will care, but I’ll never see him again. At least I’ll be with Dad.


Chapter 9