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 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.