Two years after riding off into the sunset with ranch owner Rand Holloway, Stefan Joss has made a tentative peace with his new life. But the course of true love never does run smooth. Rand wants him home on the ranch; Stef wants an exit strategy in case Rand ever decides that living with him is more than he bargained for. Finally, after recognizing how unfair he's being, Stef makes a commitment, and Rand is over the moon.

When Stef gets the opportunity to prove his devotion, he doesn't hesitate—despite the risk to body and soul—and Rand realizes that it's not only Stef who needs to learn the art of compromise. He can't have everything his way if he wants to keep the man he loves. Both of them need to give so they can discover, together, that sometimes life's best surprises come after the sunset.