Stryker's Ranch - Wen Stryker - Stryker Series, #1

After the death of his beloved wife on their wedding day, Wen Stryker found himself lost. He helped his father-in-law, Tate, purchase a river boat, then he headed off into the vast lands of Texas. Eventually, Wen bought two ranches, then drove a herd of cattle a near impossible number of miles, to inherit a third. But, all that land still didn't fill his void. When he received a wire about Tate's boat being hit by pirates, and Tate being shot, Wen and Jess, his ranch foreman, headed for Louisiana.
With cool heads and good plans, they managed to gather a personal Navy of river boat captains who were fed up with losing their loads, and their money. Instead of waiting for the pirates to rob them once more, the captains, led by Wen, took the fight to the head captain, Bergeron, and put an end to his plundering on the Mississippi River. Once back home, Wen became wrestles once more. Until a beautiful and destitute Spanish beauty named Mira Valencia, walked into the general store he was in, and into his heart.
Wen suddenly found a new purpose in life again, and came to love Mira. Just as the Stryker luck seemed to be going in full swing, Wen is reminded that love can be found, and lost, in the blink of an eye..or the wave a pirate's flag.