A Season of Magenta — Brenda B. Dawson

RJ Scott is a cantankerous old cowboy, doggedly set in his ways, and has no use for women, other than his weekly visits to "Big Goldie's Roadhouse" in his town of Poke, Texas. Elizabeth Carlton is an uptight widow, clinging to the memory of her deceased husband, insistent that her church friends on "Widow's Row" see only the virtuous image she has meticulously created for herself. The two baby boomers have accepted the routine of their boring existence, and want nothing more from life than to spend their golden years in peace and serenity, until the two aging delinquents are forced to spend the weekend from hell together. There they discover that life and love are far from over for either of them....and unfortunately, neither are their life shattering secrets.