Cleats in Clay — Jackson Cordd

After twenty years with Nathan, pro baseball player Bobby Lane doesn't know how to be single. His husband's death hits him hard. Bobby thinks his life is over―so the cryptic postcards from his dead husband come as something of a surprise. The postcards lead Bobby on a quest into the heart of Texas and to the doorstep of Odis Vorleik, a sculptor who hasn't stepped foot inside his studio in nearly a year. But as Odis and Bobby grow closer, it becomes clear that Bobby didn't know Nathan as well as he thought―and that Nathan foresaw some of Bobby's future. After a trip back home to sort out legal business, Bobby returns to Texas only to be confronted by Tuck Krickson, a local sheriff. Apparently Bobby isn't the only one carrying a torch for Odis, and Odis isn't the only one who makes Bobby feel alive again. This can't be what Nathan intended….