I thought this was going to be a nice cowboy romance but I struck gold and came away with a beautiful story of self-fulfillment with depth and wonderful three dimensional characters. Raine gave up his dream to become an English professor at the local community college in Taos. Raine was truly happy though living on his father's small ranch, he was a nester with his Dad as his best friend. Johnny had the film world by the tail but was perfectly happy doling out coffee and exploring his Apache heritage through short films. Raine and Johnny were perfect together until Raine pushed Johnny to reach for his full potential even if that meant leaving him. The story was absolutely brilliant and moved me on many levels. Looking at the father and son dynamic between Raine and his father and Raine and Weasel made me see how precious my own relationship with my Dad was. There was humor, heartbreak, sorrow and love in this feel good story that just bowled me over as I was lost in the pages. The HEA ending was incredible closing the circle on the solid bond of family that just left me wanting more.
I cannot recommend this remarkable book highly enough. ( )

As much as I truly enjoyed the book, I had trouble staying in the story. It could be me, but the whole thing had a chaotic feel to it that kept pulling me out of the book.

Maybe it's just the frame of mind I've been in lately, so I'll probably reread this at a later stage to see if that's the case or not.

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