Hopeless

The much anticipated next instalment in the Chestnut Springs series . . . 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.