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

They left the bar right after that. They climbed into the fireman’s Cube and I followed them to a house a few blocks away on Mile Street. A small duplex with tiny windows welcomed the three of us. I could just read the gold lettering on the mailbox: “Tomas Hang, 269 Mile Street.” Hang unlocked his door and went in, with Tracy following. I parked right across the street in Pax’s truck, planning to become a voyeur.  19: Hustler at Work


What I saw, even from the cab of the truck, wasn’t surprising: the exchange of money for sex. I watched them—gold-tinted images in the distance, as Hung hadn’t pulled the blinds—moving around the first floor. I saw the six-foot-two Tomas count something—bills, I knew—out into Tracy’s hand. I watched Tracy count them out again, then stuff them into his jeans pocket. Then they undressed each other, dropping their clothes around them. 


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