They say opposites attract, but in this case, they might just combust . . . HEATHER Hermosa Beach seems to be the place for throwing together unlikely opposites. My rooster Rowdy and his new crush, Pixy the goat. Me and the obnoxiously cocky cowboy from Texas . . . But unlike Rowdy and Pixy, there’s no way I’m going to fall for David Strickland. Nope. Not gonna happen. I could never be with a man so completely opposed to everything I believe . . . no matter how hot he is. DAVID There couldn’t be two people more different than the beautiful little tree hugger and rooster rescuer Heather and me. We can’t agree on anything, except that we disagree on everything—at some times more heatedly than other times. And believe me, things are starting to heat up between us, in more ways than one. She's the last thing I expected to find at an animal shelter in California. But now I found her, I have no intention of letting her go. I just have to get her on board with that plan. Mother Clucker is a standalone story inspired by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward’s Cocky Bastard. It's published as part of the Cocky Hero Club world, a series of original works, written by various authors, and inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling series.