Spark, Stace, and Cass have been best buddies since their high school rodeo days. Now they work for a very special guest ranch that caters to gay men who need a break and escape from their high stress fast lane lives. Rainbow Ranch has a reputation for providing precisely the Wild West adventures each guest needs and desires with the cowboys of their hottest dreams.<br><br>Spark is all a-twitch when he learns Lou Vetrano is coming back for a second visit. He's not used to guests making a lasting impression but there was something about the dashing Chicagoan he can't get out of his system. Is too much change coming into his life too fast?<br><br>Lou had a great time on his first visit to Rainbow Ranch. He knows a lot of it was due to one blond hunk of a cowboy he can't wait to see again. Soon he senses things are starting to get a lot more serious than he expected or planned. How can he make a cowboy fit into his high finance life and why does he want to try? Then an unexpected attack by a hungry puma helps him put all the pieces of this puzzle together.

The Wild Bunch: Spark

He cut his gaze to Spark again, but the cowboy was still staring out across the distance as if he were counting the ridges and ranges that faded to blend with the sky at the far horizon.


Finally, Spark shook himself and stood. “Not rushin’ you, but if you want to go by the hot spring, we’d best be moving along. It’s about halfway back to the ranch by this other trail I’m going to take. If we get there by about three, we can take a dip before we go on back.”


They reached the hot spring about three o’clock. Although the shadow of the ridge to the north edged close to the pool, Spark knew the water would be warm. Even if darkness had fallen, the water would still be warm. In fact, if you got into it too close to where the stream first broke out of the rock, you’d risk being scalded. About fifty yards downstream, where the water pooled behind a natural rock dyke, the temperature would be just right.


Chapter 11