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Hollis
by Ashley James
🔥🐎🔥 Ashley James does it again! I knew I was going to love Hollis, and yep, I was absolutely right. If you read Finn, you’ve already met the flirty, confident, emotionally allergic playboy that is Hollis, and this book takes his charm, cranks it up to 100, and adds layers I wasn’t ready for in the BEST way. 💘
This book had everything:
✨ Secret identity texting on a dating app (YES PLEASE)
✨ Firefighter x cowboy dynamic
✨ Small town sweet goodness
✨ Daddy kink and age gap tension
✨ And chemistry that burned hotter than Ford’s firehouse 😏
Ford is broody fire captain perfection. He is divorced, grounded, quietly intense. Hollis is the confident, charming chaos tornado you can’t help but love. And when they match online without realizing who the other really is? Instant obsession. The texting, the sexting (so much sexting 😅), the slow reveal... it was deliciously angsty in the best way.
But it’s not just spice (though whew, it is spicy!). There’s so much heart here. Hollis has always kept things light; afraid of being left, afraid of feeling. Watching him unravel that and let someone in? Gut punch. And Ford, choosing himself after a long, draining marriage, and opening his heart again? Oof. Hit me right in the soft spots.
That said… full honesty? I loved this book, but I did feel like the balance between the sex and the emotional moments could’ve been better. A few of the steamy scenes started to blur together, and at times, I just wanted a little more conversation, more connection, more story. And whew, the internal monologues were LONG. Pages would go by without a single line of dialogue. 😂
Still, Ford and Hollis made me laugh, blush, and kick my feet and giggle. Their opposites attract dynamic worked, and the emotional growth from both of them? So satisfying. Plus, that first “Daddy” moment? ICONIC. Legendary. Top tier romance moment.
Also, I am officially starting the Manifest Gentry & Remi 2025 campaign because if those two don’t get a book... 😭
So yeah, Ashley James is in her cowboy romance era and I am HERE FOR IT. Bring on the heat, the heart, and all the Wolf Creek cowboys, please and thank you. 🤠🔥
4 stars because even with a few little bumps, Hollis and Ford totally stole my heart.
Thank you to Ashley James and The Author Agency for the eARC of this book.
This book had everything:
✨ Secret identity texting on a dating app (YES PLEASE)
✨ Firefighter x cowboy dynamic
✨ Small town sweet goodness
✨ Daddy kink and age gap tension
✨ And chemistry that burned hotter than Ford’s firehouse 😏
Ford is broody fire captain perfection. He is divorced, grounded, quietly intense. Hollis is the confident, charming chaos tornado you can’t help but love. And when they match online without realizing who the other really is? Instant obsession. The texting, the sexting (so much sexting 😅), the slow reveal... it was deliciously angsty in the best way.
But it’s not just spice (though whew, it is spicy!). There’s so much heart here. Hollis has always kept things light; afraid of being left, afraid of feeling. Watching him unravel that and let someone in? Gut punch. And Ford, choosing himself after a long, draining marriage, and opening his heart again? Oof. Hit me right in the soft spots.
That said… full honesty? I loved this book, but I did feel like the balance between the sex and the emotional moments could’ve been better. A few of the steamy scenes started to blur together, and at times, I just wanted a little more conversation, more connection, more story. And whew, the internal monologues were LONG. Pages would go by without a single line of dialogue. 😂
Still, Ford and Hollis made me laugh, blush, and kick my feet and giggle. Their opposites attract dynamic worked, and the emotional growth from both of them? So satisfying. Plus, that first “Daddy” moment? ICONIC. Legendary. Top tier romance moment.
Also, I am officially starting the Manifest Gentry & Remi 2025 campaign because if those two don’t get a book... 😭
So yeah, Ashley James is in her cowboy romance era and I am HERE FOR IT. Bring on the heat, the heart, and all the Wolf Creek cowboys, please and thank you. 🤠🔥
4 stars because even with a few little bumps, Hollis and Ford totally stole my heart.
Thank you to Ashley James and The Author Agency for the eARC of this book.