Holly Jolly Cowboy

HOLLY JOLLY COWBOY is the seventh instalment in Jessica Clare’s contemporary, adult THE WYOMING COWBOY, erotic, cowboy, romance series. This is waitress/baker Holly Dawson, and rancher Adam Calhoun’s story line. HOLLY JOLLY COWBOY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Told from dual third person perspectives (Holly and Adam) HOLLY JOLLY COWBOY follows the enemies to lovers relationship between waitress/baker Holly Dawson, and rancher Adam Calhoun. For months, Adam Calhoun and some of the local ranchers have visited the café where Holly works but for some reason Adam has takes an immediate dislike towards our story line heroine, and continues to humiliate her at every chance he gets. When Holly is offered a job to cook for the cowboys at a local ranch, our heroine jumps at the chance only to come face to face with her nemesis Adam Calhoun. Refusing to bow to Adam’s games, Holly one-ups Adam only to become the focus of the ultimate failure and betrayal. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Holly and Adam, and the potential fall-out when Adam reveals the source of Holly’s mortification leaving a stunned and heart broken heroine in its’ wake. Holly Dawson had to give up her dreams with the death of her parents, leaving Holly to raise her younger sister by herself. Working two jobs to pay for her sister’s education, Holly is hoping to one day open her own café or bakery but struggles in the aftermath of a humiliating failure. The only bright spot is her relationship with Adam which has turned friendly and sexual, a relationship that is about to royally implode. Adam Calhoun has disliked Holly Dawson from the moment they met believing our heroine is a phony and a fraud but Adam has no idea as to the extent of Holly’s need to thrive, and in this, Adam continues to push at Holly every chance he gets. Arrogant and infuriated, Adam crosses a line from which Holly may never step back. The relationship between Adam and Holly begins acrimoniously as Adam spends months embarrassing Holly at her place of work but Holly refuses to break every time. Holly is a generous, hard working heroine who must do battle with the local bully, a bully who has set his sites on our story line heroine. Holly doesn’t understand what she did to make Adam hate the very ground upon which she walks, and with it, Holly must walk the walk in order to survive. Working at the ranch, Holly must face Adam on a daily basis but never expected to fall for the man that is about to destroy her dreams. The $ex scenes are passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. The secondary and supporting characters include several ranch owners Sage Cooper and Jason Clements ( A Cowboy Under The Mistletoe 3), Becca Loftis (The Cowboy Meets His Match 4), Caleb Watson (Her Christmas Cowboy 5), as well as Holly’s younger sister Polly, and a cameo by Adam’s brother Mike. HOLLY JOLLY COWBOY is a story of betrayal and vengeance, misunderstanding and heart break, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is captivating and engaging; the romance is affectionate and tender; the characters are strong-willed, independent and determined.