Melancholy Wishes

★★★★★
He craves open spaces and a slower pace of life but is he willing to pay the price?

Wes has come to Cowboy Wishes Ranch to start over after leaving the military. Wanting to be in the open spaces and experiencing a slower pace of life while recovering from the grief of losing his best friend, Simon.

Unfortunately, that quiet is interrupted by concern for Simon’s sister, whom he will bring out to visit the ranch, and soon finds a place for herself also. The spark of these two friends by way of Simon soon turns into something else. As they navigate grief, start over, and need to help others, can they find their way to each other? Or is there just too much baggage in between them to cross that bridge?

Callie is a mess, having dealt with losing her brother and trying to keep her alcoholic father from drowning in his grief.
When things escalate to a place of violence, Wes rides in like a knight on a white horse to carry her away to Wyoming. Never had she realized the world of opportunity she had been missing out on.

New friends, people to help, and a world of rodeo and amazing landscapes to explore changes her entire outlook. Soon, Wes is no longer looking like just someone who saved her from a bad situation, but maybe the answer to her prayers for the future.

Can they build from the ashes a life both will love in this new environment? Or will the unexpected arrival of her father, who blames Wes for Simon’s demise, throw everything into chaos and drive them apart for good?