A False Start

Elsie Silver

Book 4 of Gold Rush Ranch

Nadia Dalca and Griffin Sinclaire share an electric, forbidden kiss as strangers in a bar before discovering they can't be together: she's his best friend's much younger sister. Years later, small-town life in Ruby Creek keeps throwing them into each other's paths, forcing them to confront the attraction neither can shake. As they grow closer, both must work through painful pasts (his addiction and lost career, her difficult upbringing) to figure out whether they can build something real together. It's a slow-burn, age-gap romance full of banter, healing, and grumpy-meets-sunshine chemistry.