Ridin’ Hard, Lovin’ Harder:

The Gay Rancher’s Claim

Nineteen and lost, our boy Colton takes a ranch job to get out of his dead-end hometown. Figured he’d spend a few months working hard, clearing his head, maybe finding some direction. What he didn’t figure on was Eli—gruff, solitary, and old enough to be his pops. Eli turns out to be more than a regular ol’ boss. The older rancher’s flirtation is all teasing, full of winks and double meanings. The kind of thing straight guys do for fun. Right?

Eli ain’t the kind to go lookin’ for love. Hell, he’s spent his whole life alone, set in his ways, and he sure as hell ain’t about to start chasin’ after some wide-eyed kid. But something about first-timer Colt—his fire, his stubbornness, the way he don’t back down from a challenge—makes it damn near impossible to keep his distance. Next thing he knows, he’s teachin’ Colt to ride hard, to get a hole dug right. And soon, they can’t keep their damn hands off one another. A little teasing, a little roughhousing, steamy days and nights pressed up against the side of the pickup truck, thrown down in the mud, or taken atop the hay bales.

But there’s more to it than that. There’s beers at sunset, steaks on the grill, long rides through country so big it swallows you whole. There’s the way Eli looks at him—like he’s worth keepin’ around.

Colt’s about to learn a whole new kind of hard work. But when the season ends, will he have the guts to stick around, or will he ride off like the dust on the wind?

Ridin’ Hard, Lovin’ Harder is a raw erotic romance about wantin’ what you shouldn’t, holdin’ on to what you can, and the kind of love that don’t fade when summer’s gone.