Hopeless

Elsie Silver

Book 5 of Chestnut Springs

Hopeless closes out the Chestnut Springs series with the story of Beau Eaton, a wounded ex-military 'town prince' recovering from a traumatic deployment, and Bailey Jansen, an outcast small-town bartender trying to escape her family's bad reputation. To help each other out, they enter into a fake engagement that quickly starts to feel less fake as old wounds and new feelings collide. It's a slow-burn, age-gap romance about healing, found family, and learning you're worthy of love even when the whole town has written you off.