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

“You’re a very bad boy, young man,” he raised his bottle at me and shook it back and forth in slow motion, the whiskey sloshing inside. “Shame on you.” 


I stood a few feet away from him, watching him sway. I was almost surprised he didn’t slide off the edge of my bed and onto the floor. He kept his balance, somehow half sitting and half standing. I asked him, “What are you talking about?”


“Breaking our boss’s heart. That’s what I’m talking about.” He hiccupped, wiped some spittle from his mouth with the back of his hand, blinked at me a few times, and continued: “He was looking for you all evening. The man was pacing and you had him in a spin. And I’ll bet you were out whoring around. Getting cock. Riding some dick.” 


Chapter 19