Mending Fences — Susan Laine

Getting his life back together is not an easy task for Clayton Jennings, a rodeo cowboy who was accidentally outed as gay in front of his fiancee. He finds himself alone, drunk, and beaten up on a daily basis. Enter the knight in shining armor. Jesse Brown, the sheriff of Snow Lake, rescues Clayton. Healing the man from the pain of physical wounds is one thing. Healing him from the hurt of self-loathing and sense of worthlessness is another. Jesse has his work cut out for himself if he means to save Clayton from his enemies-and himself. The only way to do that is teach the cowboy who has lost everything to accept that maybe he's not a charity case after all, but the object of a man's desire, adoration, and love.