LOVE'S MUSES, Recognizing His Rival picks up in Wilmore, Kentucky with Jessamine County's strongest deputy clinging to the hope that the might of his muscles are enough to pull to safety the love of his life. After reminiscing the fateful day that bonded them for life, Katie's mind returns to the present at the Cheapside Bar and Grille, only to be confronted face-to-face with the new obnoxious and anger-driven super-star Nick Thomas and his delusional whack job groupie. A fierce bar fight ensues between Scotty, Katie, Nick and Brooke, ending with a broken groupie running away humiliated, and a superstar's status obliterated from the atomic blast of the truth of who his rival was to him. A brick wall courtesy of the now Kentucky State Trooper Scotty P. Wells begins the time clock, counting down the days with his beloved. The brick wall of judgment slams open the prison door that held captive the sweet Nicolas Paul, which was buried deep in the sub-conscience of the drunken country music super star. The now half-starved Katie continues to live in denial of her life-threatening disorder, as well as the love living in her heart that is fighting its way out for the threatened life of her Nicolas Paul as he lays unconscious with his concussed head in her lap. The broken spirit of Nicolas Paul vows to do anything and everything to win back his place in his one and only heart's desire. The first step Nicolas Paul has to take is through the tunnel of time while unconscious, witnessing, and in some cases reliving some of the most wonderful moments of that treasured date night as well as the most horrendous regrettable moments of his life. Likewise, the rest of Katie's loved ones face the ghosts of the past that bring remorse over the decisions they made, bringing Katie to the dangerous state of health that currently prevails in her weakening body. Recognizing His Rival is the second in the Love's Muses series, which portrays the three lives of seven extremely close friends. It is a heart-warming, and often times, hilarious account of how one man learns the predicates of love, while one heart-broken firecracker learns the noun.