This is another entry in the Rawhide Ranch series, a place for Littles and their Bigs. Here, we get Everly, who has been hiding out there since she fled her job after being sexually assaulted by her boss. Though chef Andrew likes her and she's attracted to him, will the trauma of her past get in the way of her present?
With a couple of caveats, I liked this and recommend it if you're looking for gentle DD/lg play. I particularly appreciated that Andrew was very careful about triggering Everly and that the lifestyle was never more important to him than she was. And I really appreciated that alone of all the books I've read in this multi-volume series, there is actually talk of safewords.
My problem is that the first-person dual POV is incredibly confusing. Since none of the chapter or sub-chapter headings are labeled, I could only tell who is speaking by context and that often took several lines to figure out. This is especially true the first time we're introduced to Andrew: the POV abruptly switched from Everly to Andrew and no one addressed him by name; thus, I thought we were still with Everly. I'm not sure why the author didn't label the POVs, but whatever the reason, it was a poor decision. Many of the prepositional phrases are also incorrect and the ending is abrupt, but those are much less distracting.
3 1/2 stars. The narrative had good things to say about the reasons people often don't report workplace sexual harassment. All in all, one of the more mild and pleasant books in the series. One character will get her own book. Note: Given that the list of Ranch occupations has been pretty exhausted, authors might consider introducing a therapist -- as long as that person doesn't have a relationship with a client.