Love, Reins & Resentment

Marissa Barrow is beautiful, affectionate, hardworking, and completely crazy about you. Unfortunately, she's also crazy about horses. Dating a barrel racer in rural Wyoming means early mornings, canceled dates, expensive emergencies, dusty rodeo grounds, and discovering that "I'll only be at the barn for twenty minutes" is one of life's great lies. Between Marissa's beloved horses, her fiercely competitive rival Harley Davis, and Red Barlow—a hard-drinking bronc rider who'd happily knock your teeth out and take your girlfriend to dinner—you'll have plenty competing for your patience. Ride along to rodeos. Survive the barn. Drink at the Rough Rider. Try not to ask what the saddle cost. Marissa loves you. She really does. But Thunder needs new shoes. A modern Western relationship story about love, horses, compromise, and the slow accumulation of resentment. ––– What Fellow Players Are Saying ★★★★★ “I asked her to choose between me and the horse. Anyway, Thunder and I are both doing much better now.” ★★★★★ “Spent our vacation money on a vet bill. 10/10 relationship simulator.” ★★★★★ “Red challenged me to a fight outside the Rough Rider. I declined. He called me a coward, fell over a parking block, and hasn't spoken to me since.” ★★★★★ “The most unrealistic part is Marissa saying she'll only be at the barn twenty minutes. Nobody would believe that.” ★★★☆☆ “Thunder is a manipulative bastard and the game refuses to let me confront him about it.” ★★★★★ “Came for the romance. Stayed because apparently Cheyanne needs to be fed again.”