Hank is a cowboy who's been around a bit, and has learned to live and let live, keeping his mouth shut and his gun holstered. Jasper is just a kid, and he hasn't learned that you can't charm your way out of everything. So when Hank has to do something drastic to save Jasper's life, he surprises them both. He's in love with the kid, after all, and Hank leaves town to try and keep him and Jasper both out of harm's way. What he doesn't realize is that Jasper has strong feelings for him too, and will track him down to ride with him again, because that's what partners on the trail do. This is a previously published work. The publisher has changed.
Julia Talbot lives in the great Southwest, where there is hot and cold running rodeo, cowboys, and everything from meat and potatoes to the best Tex-Mex. A full time author, Julia is a hybrid author, and has been published by many presses as well as self publishing. She believes that everyone deserves a happy ending, so she writes about love without limits, where boys love boys, girls love girls, and boys and girls get together to get wild, especially when her crazy paranormal characters are involved. Julia also writes as Minerva Howe. Find Julia at @juliatalbot on Twitter, or at www.juliatalbot.com
I dearly love a good Western and this was particularly nice. Most people are familiar with trail drives, but it's not often that you see an acknowledgment of the complexity of ranch life and the isolation endured but so many of the ranch-hands. Add to that a tender romance and all the bases are covered.
I love old west gay romance stories. .. but this one left Much to be desired. The characters were a bit one dimensional. The romantic relationship between Jasper and Hank was slow to progress and develop. it was a very short story but I felt as if the relationship developed very little. The characters seemed to have a strong connection but we didn't get to see much of it. It also woRks have been nice to have at least one full on sex scene that takes the opportunity to reveal the true feelings they have for one another.