CHESTNUT SPRINGS 5 : HOPELESS

Elsie Silver s writing is a true revelation! ALI HAZELWOOD --- Grumpy cowboys and steamy romance . . . Welcome to Chestnut Springs: the big-hitting, small-town series from TikTok sensation Elsie Silver. Perfect for fans of Devney Perry, Lucy Score and B.K. Borison. Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past. I m the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. He s thirty-five and all man, I m twenty-two and all . . . virgin. He s also my fiance. Correction: my fake fiance. We start out as a bet. He doesn t believe that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point. It s a win-win. He gets a break from his concerned family s prying, and I get a chance to shed my family s reputation while I save up to ditch this small town. He says all I have to do is wear his ring, follow his lead, and pretend I can t keep my hands off of him in public. But it s what happens between us in private that blurs all those carefully drawn lines . . . It s what transpires behind closed doors that doesn t feel like pretending at all . . . This engagement was supposed to be for show. This agreement? It has an end date. He once told me he d never fall in love. And yet here I am, head over heels for my fake fiance. *Elsie Silver became an instant Sunday Times bestselling author on the 2nd week of April 2024.