The premise reads as follow:
After a military career that could have ended his life, Jacob McKay came back to his family ranch a different man—physically and emotionally. He was content with running the Triple M and building on the success his father had created. And, of course, the occasional no-strings-attached affair. What he didn’t want was to be attracted to his curvaceous secretary—a woman with emotional scars of her own and an issue with her abundant curves.
Carolyn Adams had suffered her own brand of personal hell after losing both of her parents in a tragic accident that had almost claimed the life of her brother as well. An accident that she had walked away from without a scratch. Taking a job as secretary at one of the largest ranches in Colton Canyon meant that she’d be able to keep her brother in rehab. It also meant that she would be closer to the man who every day claimed another little piece of her battered heart.
Can two lonely people overcome their personal trials and find a way to heal one another?
This only scratches the surface. Right from the first chapter, the reader is swept up into the life of Carolyn Adams (our heroine), and the titillating yet palpable tension she has with her boss (and not all of it is work related). We also learn of her brother - creative, smart, and funny - who has been in a tragic accident, and how Carolyn cares for him and is treading water in self-reproach of how much better things would be if she had been in his place. After all, Carolyn is much less outgoing than her brother, and therefore (she thinks) not much would have been sacrificed by comparison.
All of this sets the stage for the mounting tension and romance as Jacob McKay finds himself drawn to Carolyn. Carolyn's introspection and (very) descriptive observations and speculation of what might be help her to come to terms with her own guilt, and feeling of passion.
I don't often post about romance books here, but what Joann Baker and Patricia Mason are doing is something I would like to see more of, in fiction - body positivity. Carolyn is a woman with a lot of curves, and this book goes over the self-reflection of someone who isn't the mythical waifish wife-in-training in a very realistic and human way. Falling for Her Cowboy Boss is a fantasy, and does not try to be anything but that - however the framework allows for a lot of depth and very real emotions and thoughts to reach the reader in a very tangible way.
For 99 cents (or free if you have Kindle Unlimited), you should take a chance on Falling for Her Cowboy Boss today!
