REVIEW: The Boss and His Cowgirl by Silver James

In The Boss and His Cowgirl by Silver James, US Senator Clay Barron finds himself attracted to his speech writer, Georgie Dreyfus, and the feeling is mutual. When a protest at one of his appearances winds up with Georgie being hurt, Clay swoops in to take care of her during the aftermath. As they continue to travel and work together, the pair decides to act on the feelings they’ve had for each other for years. But when Clay’s father steps in and takes control, will their relationship survive?

A couple of things brought the story down for me. I don’t usually like when the hero quickly jumps from one relationship to the next, as it happens in this story. Clay claims he didn’t do relationships, yet he had been seeing Giselle, a Tony award winning actress, every time he was in New York for the past nine months or so. Then immediately after Giselle kicks him to the curb, he finds himself in bed with Georgie, and yet she’s ok with this.

“Giselle was…convenient.”
Georgie pressed her lips together so Clay couldn’t see them tremble and buried her free hand in the fluffy robe for the same reason.
“You aren’t.”
“I’m not?”
“No. You aren’t convenient at all.”

My second issue is also with Clay, and that was that he comes across as weak when dealing with his father. His father makes the decision that Clay will run for president and brings in a team to help him, while firing his existing staff, including Georgie. Clay quickly fired his father’s people and told him he was keeping his own staff, yet that was the only time he really stood up to him. His father treated his brother’s girlfriend poorly, which he didn’t approve of, yet he didn’t stick up for her. He treated Georgie poorly and yet Clay didn’t really stick up for her, either. I didn’t understand why he would let his father treat the people he cared about so poorly. There wasn’t really an explanation as to why the man had such power to make him cower down like that, and it brought my like of Clay down a couple of notches.

This is the third book in the series, but it can be read as a standalone. I haven’t read the previous two but had no problem following along with the characters. Clay’s brothers, who were featured in the previous books, show up in this one as well, but not enough to make you feel like you’re missing something if you haven’t read their stories.

Overall I enjoyed the story, but I would have enjoyed it more if Clay had more of a backbone. If you enjoy the boss/employee trope, this may be one you want to consider checking out.

Book Info:

Publication: June 7, 2016 | Harlequin Desire | Red Dirt Royalty #3

Ever since she left behind her cowgirl roots to work for him, Georgie Dreyfus has had a crush on her boss, US senator Clay Barron. So the sexy speechwriter is speechless when Clay comes to her rescue on the campaign trail…and they discover a mutual chemistry that will no longer be denied.

But when their relationship faces one of the biggest veto threats of all, Georgie goes home to Oklahoma to regroup. Now the billionaire Barron must choose: continue his quest to win the White House or win back the woman who’s laid claim to his heart…