Author: Elsie Silver
Series/Standalone: Chestnut Spring Series (Book #5)
Genre: Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Pages: 486
Publisher: Self-Published
Year Published: 2023
Format: Ebook (Kindle Unlimited)
First Line: "I thought pissing off my brother and storming away would make me feel something."
"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, and 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 his to prove a point.
It's 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."
My Rating: 4/5
This one wasn't my favourite in the series, but it was still a really great read. It was nice to see the characters all together one more time and it did feel bitter-sweet in a lot of ways. I loved this whole series and all the characters we were introduced to throughout the series. The smut was on point, and this series really has a lot going for it. The romance, the comedy, the characters, the tropes that are done so incredibly well, the plot lines and overall the feeling of family. I was teary-eyed as I finished this final book and I would highly recommend not just this book but the whole series to anyone who is even remotely interested. Elsie Silver builds a family that feels so real you wish you could sit at their table for the Eaton Family Dinner.
Thank you for reading,
Sidny
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