Cowboy Dreams by Kaje Harper

 

From the outset, Joe and Sylvester had sparks, but once they started talking, they also had a lot in common...

From the Cowboy Dreams blurb

The right man for a longtime cowboy might be a city slicker.

Joe

I've been going into Max's Place for twenty years, but tonight's different. There's a stranger at the bar with city-fancy clothes, wide shoulders, and the face of a fallen angel. I'm just an ordinary cowhand. Being gay's the most noteworthy thing about me, so I don't expect much. But when his eyes light on mine and he invites me to ride in his classic '67 Mustang, I figure what the hell. If he's a serial killer, what a way to go. And if he's not, then a couple of my cowboy dreams might finally come true.

Sylvester

I grew up here in these Colorado foothills, but I haven't been back since I was ten. Now I've inherited my grandfather's neglected ranch, and I can't decide whether to sell it or stay. I stop in at the only gay bar in fifty miles, wondering if I can have a decent life as an out gay man in this county. And there coming in the door is the kind of tall, lean, working cowboy who pushes all my buttons. I don't know if Joe will be a reason to stay or a one night stand, but I'm going to have fun tonight.

Cowboy Dreams is a 36,000 word novella about two solitary men in their 40s figuring out how unexpectedly well they fit together, in bed and out of it.

**All royalties from this book through December 2025 will be donated bi-monthly to Nova Ukraine - a 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine**

Heather's Review:

I love a story with mature main characters and when one is a well seasoned cowboy and the other is a city slicker with dreams of creating a dude ranch on his family's property... well, it makes for great reading!  

I love how they nurture each other, care beyond the bedroom and work on sharing a dream built on mutual respect and idividual strengths - I would have liked a glimpse several years into the future to see how things evolve at the ranch, but I like where this author takes the romantic relationship...

The drama and tension definitely come from external sources, but these characters seem to let little phase them while on their mission to build the life they both want.

Cowboy Dreams is currently available as an e-book in wide release.