Cash McCollum, a short-tempered, fifth generation rodeo cowboy, finds his simple, black-n’-white world bulldozed over by rich, handsome, and very arrogant Travis Hunter, star jock of the football team.  And what begins as a secret liaison between these two, eventually stirs up into an impish, and sometimes humorous, whirlwind of gossip—awakening the small, sleepy town of Miles City.  “…you ‘n Travis seem to be slidin’ into a real comfy corner.”  A corner that Cash’s older brother, Clayton is not okay with.  Cash’s reply?  “What’s it to you?  It’s not like we’re hurtin’ anybody.  Besides, it’s really none of your business.”  Now, even though it sounds good, the reality is, Clayton won’t have it—neither will countless others that are onto the boys’ arrangement. 

As time passes, and the friendship deepens, it’s their extreme popularity that continues to attract a whole lot more unwanted attention—thrusting them from the closet into the middle of local limelight.  “…they mentioned an interest of having the two of you on ‘Montana Today’ for next week’s show,” a rather indignant school principal quips as he pulls them aside into his office.  Everyone across the state is asking, why Miles City?  What’s making the town so blessed to possess a championship football team that’s being led by a charismatic tight-end, and the top rodeo man of the High School Rodeo Association all at the same time?  From the beginning, the stakes are high with each risking a lot.  Cash cannot lose sight of the rodeo crown title, All-Around Cowboy, at his fingertips, and Travis is dead-set on taking the football team to state championship and gaining the trophy of Most Valuable Player for himself as well. 

Compounding this star-studded drama, these two boys also discover their worlds are COMPLETELY different—with nothing to bind them together but an unbridled attraction and a fierce determination to make the relationship work.  “We’re comin’ from two different cultures—can’t you see that?  Cash forces Travis to smell the roses.  “You obviously come from money… I don’t.  I never will.”   It’s Travis’ persistence, however, that keeps them glued together.  “…I know I can’t live without you, Cash, because it’s you… who makes me a better guy, and it’s you who gives me a purpose to tackle my dreams.  I-I want you so badly—for the rest of my life.”   

So, in spite of all their challenges, the ‘Titan Two of Miles City’ are able to maintain everything at a low rumble—until mysterious Lee appears out of the blue.  Cash’s closest rival in bull riding and bareback, this guy’s brooding personality seems to lure the earnest, and somewhat naïve McCollum boy into a dangerous web of cat and mouse.  “You like what you see, Cash?” Swiveling his neck for a glance at the dresser mirror, the words that come forth from Lee’s lips are smooth and seductive.  “What the fuck are you doin’?” Cash fires back—struggling with one more of Lee’s peculiar advances.  “What are you lookin’ for?”  It is Lee’s relentless spirit that brings a deep shiver into Cash’s bones. “You know…”  

As expected, this affair is not met without defiance.  “What’s going on?”  Travis has no intentions on taking any of this sitting down.  “Are you messing around with him?”  And thus, commences a futile effort by Cash to defend himself.  “Stop bein’ so damned paranoid!  There’s nothing goin’ on between Lee ‘n me.”

Delivering a strong-handed ultimatum, Travis demands, “I want you to tell him you won’t be able to meet him in Kalispell at the rodeo,”—leaving Cash no room for question, or debate.  Now, things would be cut and dried, except for one fact.  There’s a desperate, lonely woman who discovers she’s dying of cancer.  Lee’s mother, legal guardian of a young toddler named Elena, Altiar turns to Cash for help and direction.  Cash’s mission soon becomes a commitment once he finds out that Elena is Lee’s child.   And even though Travis demands that he stop seeing them, Cash knows he cannot let them down.  “Can’t you just trust me knowing this is what I’ve gotta do?” His pleading seems to fall on deaf ears.  “I can’t just sit by and watch an entire family fall apart.  It’s just not right!  Lee’s a friend.  I have a right to have friends.  I have a right to other people in my life besides you...”

Under the Big Sky unveils a world that many overlook, or refuse to acknowledge.  It is where the human heart beats as strong as ancient echoes of Indian drums along a mighty and untamed Yellowstone River.  Within its pages, you’ll be taken to places never seen before—but yet, seem so familiar.  You’ll be allowed to see the human soul—naked in all its brashness, yet pure and simple—graced with the innocence of honest youth.  Under the Big Sky is a story that undeniably declares that, ‘What Heaven hath joined together… let no man cut asunder’.