Ride 'Em Tough

Crazy Eight is a big, mean, roman nosed, buckskin stallion only one man has ever ridden the full eight seconds of a saddle bronc ride.

Levi Hale, Eli's dad.

Eli's dream is to gain a reputation like his father's. But—a reluctance to be guided by more experienced riders, including his father, keeps him from climbing the ladder of fame in the rodeo scene.

Eli's twice before drawn Crazy Eight and twice been dashed to the ground within three seconds or less. And the last time laid him up for months.

Eli's healed now and eager to get back on the circuit. Eager, but is he ready? Can he shove the memory of that last disastrous ride out of his mind and focus on this one? 

He's drawn Crazy Eight for the third time, and the stallion is in a particularly cantankerous mood today! Will Eli finally listen to his father's advice on how to keep his seat on this lunatic bronc? Or will he be kissing the ground as before?

Maybe for the last time.

Odds are in favor of the bronc . . .