Start On: October 13, 2023
Finished On: October 15, 2023
Format: eBook/Kindle

Chestnut Springs, Book #5
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Tropes:
Cowboy Romance
Fake Fiance
Age Gap
Small Town

Book Summary:

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 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 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.

(Summary from Goodreads)

“Bailey, stop running your mouth or I’ll find another creative way to keep it busy.” 

Review/Thoughts:

I loved this book (just like all the others in the series), and I couldn’t put this book down. 

I am obsessed with the female main character, Bailey. I loved her character – I was laughing out loud at so many of the things she would say. I think her character was the perfect contrast to the grumpy soldier working through his own trauma. Beau’s character honestly wasn’t what I expecting after reading the other books in the series, but I still really enjoyed him as a male main character.

I am so not ready to be done with this series, but this was such a great way to finish a 5 star series!

“Why is no one asking me how fast I can run in my new shoes? Being an adult sucks.”