Hopeless: The must-read, small-town romance and TikTok bestseller! (Chestnut Springs)

“”Elsie Silver’s writing is a true revelation!”” ALI HAZELWOOD — Grumpy cowboys and steamy romance . . . Welcome to Chestnut Springs: the big-hitting, s mall-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 fiancé. Correction: my fake fiancé. 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 fiancé. – ASIN: 0349437742 | ISBN13: 9780349437743 | ISBN-13: 978-0349437743