Paperback – 432 pages

From beloved TikTok author Elsie Silver comes her contemporary cowboy romance series Gold Rush Ranch. A grumpy ex-football player cant help but feel drawn toward his best friend’s sister, and when fate seems to pull them together, they have no choice but to give in to their mutual longing.

He kissed his best friends little sister, and the world stood still.

That night, they were two perfect strangers: the towns grumpy recluse and a gorgeous girl in the back of a bar. Until they werent. Because Nadia Dalca isnt just some girl. Shes the one girl Griffin Sinclaire cant have. Fourteen years younger than him and completely off-limits.

After their forbidden kiss, Griffins plan is to stay away, but the universe keeps pushing them together. Its like some sort of cosmic joke, to give him a taste of something so electricso realsomething that breathed life back into him. Because he can look, but he cant touch her again.

But with her sinful curves, her lighthearted laugher, and her secret wild side, Griffins addicted to every last bit of her. And when she turns those sultry eyes on himthe ones so full of longing, so free of judgment? Well, hes always considered himself a strong man, but for her, hes weak.

To give in to their connection would be a betrayal. Griffins life is beyond complicated, and Nadia has the world at her fingertips. Her brother is the only family she has left, and as sad as it sounds, hes also Griffins only friend.

But he kissed her again anyway.