KISSING COWBOYS
A Novel by Jerrimiah Stonecastle
The Wilder clan has always been feared. Now, they have a reason to burn.
In the harsh Oklahoma Territory, survival is a brutal calculus. For the five Wilder brothers?hard men forged by a harder land?their reputation for ruthless efficiency is the only currency that matters. What began as a desperate act of vengeance for their father's murder has evolved into a dangerous new trade: protection. If you have a problem the law won't touch, you hire the Wilders. They finish what they start.
Peyton Wilder was never meant to be part of that life. The youngest brother, with his gentle hands and golden hair, tends his mother's garden and dreams on paper, a quiet soul in a family of violent men. His brothers' only wish is to keep him safe, to shield him from the blood that stains their hands.
But safety shatters the day Peyton is caught in a stolen, secret kiss with Daniel Carson, the grandson of a neighboring rancher. It is a moment of pure, defiant love in a world that has no language for it.
The kiss is witnessed. And in the hands of a cunning enemy from the Wilders' past, that secret becomes a weapon. When retribution comes, it isn't aimed at the hardened brothers, but at Peyton. The beating is a message, written in boot leather and broken bone: Know your place.
For the Wilder brothers, it is the one line they cannot let stand. The business of fear is over. Now comes the war of blood.
From the bestselling horror author Jerrimiah Stonecastle comes a seismic genre debut. Kissing Cowboys is a raw, relentless, and unexpectedly tender Western epic. It's a story of forbidden love in a land governed by iron rules, of family loyalty stretched to its breaking point, and the explosive violence that erupts when the wrong people are pushed too far. This is not a tale of white hats and black hats, but of the deep, haunting grey where love and vengeance become one and the same.
Perfect for fans of:
The brutal family dynamics of The Sons of Katie Elder and There Will Be Blood
The raw emotional power and queer themes of Brokeback Mountain
The relentless pace and moral complexity of Lonesome Dove and True Grit
Step into the crosshairs. The Wilders are riding!
