Front cover of Hopeless by Elsie Silver, paperback

Hopeless : Fall for the emotional and addictive fake engagement romance from the bestselling author of Wild Love - Elsie Silver

Elsie Silver

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  • Pages · 400 pages
  • Publication Date · 13/10/2023
  • Genre · Romance
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The final book in the beloved small-town Chestnut Springs series from the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author and Queen of Cowboy romance, Elsie Silver. 'No one really does it better than Elsie Silver' THE RADIO TIMES
'Elsie Silver is rapidly becoming one of my favourite romance authors' DAILY MAIL💍"I wasn't looking for love; I was looking for a purpose. I just didn't expect my purpose to be you."Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome hero with a tortured past. Bailey Jansen is the younger outcast bartender from the wrong side of the tracks. He's thirty-five, all man, and her fianc�. Correction: her fake fianc�. It starts out as a bet. He doesn't believe that anyone in their small town holds the Jansen last name against her - so he offers to prove a point. And it's a win-win: Beau gets a break from his concerned family's prying, and Bailey gets a chance to shed her family's reputation while she saves up to ditch town for good. All she has to do is wear his ring, follow his lead, and pretend she can't keep her hands off him in public. But it's what happens between them 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. Beau once told Bailey he'd never fall in love. Yet, here she is, head over heels for her fake fianc�. FEELING HOPELESS AFTER THE END OF CHESTNUT SPRINGS? CONTINUE THE ELSIE-VERSE WITH WILD LOVE or FEVER DREAM TODAY! 'Elsie Silver, Queen of Cowboy' THE TIMES
'Elsie Silver's writing is a true revelation!' ALI HAZELWOOD
'This book contains a hero to die for' TESSA BAILEY
'Heartwarming, sensual and thoroughly addicting' ANA HUANG
'Elsie Silver just hits the mark every time' READER REVIEW
'Each book is heart-wrenching in its own way' READER REVIEW
'The story is so well done that it turned me into a complete cowboy fangirl' READER REVIEW
'These books had me so sucked into the world that I barely looked up' READER REVIEW *Elsie Silver became an instant Sunday Times bestselling author on the 2nd week of April 2024.

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