The Baker and the Cowboy – Catalyst Series Book 1

A jaded cowboy is confronted by a beautiful B&B entrepreneur.

To B&B or not to B&B. That is the question for Bethany. She’s lost her boyfriend, her apartment, and her job. Catrina gives her an airplane ticket to Idaho to work for someone who wants to start a new bed and breakfast. A baker at heart, Bethany leaps at the opportunity to leave the city behind her and soon finds herself surrounded by pristine mountains.

Her new boss welcomes her warmly but his son, Beau, reacts to her in the opposite extreme. He’s adamant that a B&B will never work. His antagonistic attitude to the whole plan and his desire to send Bethany packing puts her in a tailspin.

When Beau turns into a recluse, Bethany asks about his background and discovers he’s been badly abused. She decides she must help him, and requests that he teach her how to ride a horse. When she suffers a concussion due to a freak accident, which he believes is his fault, Beau has a change of heart.

★★★★★
This was a short read, a clean sweet romantic enemies to lovers story. Bethany gets the chance to run a B&B and leave her old life behind. But when she gets there, she’s met with Beau, who is none too happy to see her, or to hear about the B&B idea for his fathers ranch. In true enemies to lovers fashion, both of them are a bit stubborn in the beginning, aggravating one another to no end lol. But as we go on, Bethany uses her love of cooking to warm her way into Beaus’ heart. I did really enjoy the painting scene and the little bit with the cookies 😁.

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