Cal Hoke, an onsite pretty boy veterinarian at Riding Ranch in Stockton County, Oklahoma, has a secret he will never share with his ranch hand coworkers: he happens to be in love with the ranch owner, Pax Raulton. Straight and sexy Pax is a chiseled, handsome, aggressive businessman at Riding Ranch. For years he has raised and sold thoroughbred Palominos. Pax is a private man who minds his own business on the ranch. When he suffers a head injury caused by one of his prized horses, he spends days in recovery due to amnesia. Pax cannot remember a single detail from his past. Under Cal’s personal care and tender touch, Pax is provided with the help he needs to overcome his amnesia. As this healing process takes place, Cal learns Pax has a secret of his own, a secret that will change the two men forever. But something lurks in Pax’s history that he has forgotten, a dangerous and charmless someone with the potential to shred Pax’s world with ease. Is the bond between Pax and Cal strong enough to keep them together when the dark secret is exposed? Or will the two cowboys be forced to end their romantic ride together?

Stockton County Cowboys Book 2: Riding Cowboys

“Before Hercules kicked you, you never hit on me. You didn’t have an interest in me. I was just your help. Someone to care for the Palominos. You’re straight, Pax. You’ve always been straight. You used to drive to Tulsa to meet a woman before your injury. Her name was Tracy. You spent long weekends with her. It was private and—no one ever asked you about it. It was your personal life off the ranch. It was your business. None of us had any right to ask you about your time with her.”


He looked confused and shook his head. “Tracy?” 


“Yeah, Tracy. You visited her twice a month, maybe more. I don’t know anything about her. None of us here on the ranch does. That was your business, not ours. There’s a line between employer and employees, and none of your help, which includes me, crossed it. We respected you, and we all still do today, after the accident. Do you understand that?” 


Chapter 6