by Elsie Silver
First published 2024
Beau Eaton, a handsome military hero with a tortured past, offers shy bartender Elsie Silver a deal: he'll be her fake fiancé to prove that her family's reputation doesn't hold her back. But as they play act their engagement in public, the lines between pretense and reality blur behind closed doors. Now Elsie, who's falling head over heels, must navigate their fake relationship as Beau grapples with his own demons. At its heart, this is a story of two damaged people finding unexpected connection.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult, new-adult-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating
448 pages · Paperback · Bloom Books
Content warnings: depression, mental-illness