Vaqueros

Whiskey and Wildflowers

In the wild heart of 1880s Texas, where the horizon bleeds gold into violet and secrets weigh heavier than a rope, two boys meet by chance and bind themselves together in ways neither can name.

Wade McCrae and Asa Hollis grow up chasing frogs by the creek, sharing laughter, and tasting the kind of freedom only found beneath the open sky. But when fate pulls them apart, the bond they forged in innocence becomes a memory that haunts them into manhood.

Years later, hard times drive them both to the same ranch. By sheer luck—or cruel destiny—they’re reunited as grown men, tempered by work and loneliness. Side by side in the dirt and sweat of the fields, their friendship deepens into something dangerous, something neither of them can deny.

Nights by the fire become stolen worlds of passion and tenderness, a love both forbidden and undeniable. But in Marigold Flats, whispers travel fast. The townsfolk see too much, speak too loudly, and soon the threat of violence shadows every step they take.

When the town’s cruelty finally boils over, Wade and Asa must face the brutal truth: some loves can’t survive in the open, not in a world that won’t forgive. What begins with wildflowers by a creek ends with blood in the dirt—and a heartbreak that will echo long after the dust settles.

Whiskey and Wildflowers is the first novel in the Vaqueros series, a raw, romantic, and devastating tale of forbidden love on the American frontier—where desire runs as wild as the prairie, and secrets can kill as quick as a bullet.