<p>In <em>Kings and Cowboys</em> innocence meets wildness as Will navigates high school life friendships and young romance in his small Wyoming town in the 1960s. As J. A. Woods&rsquo;s novel opens Will feels like he has the winning hand with a steady girlfriend Friday night poker games and his cherry Chevy. But a harrowing moment on a mountain road changes all of that and Will must find a way to reshuffle the deck before the aftermath takes him out of the game. <em>Kings and Cowboys</em> is both a poignant and an entertaining coming-of-age story but it also introduces a deeper heart-wrenching departure from the usual inspirational theme that will take readers by surprise.</p>