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Summary: From beloved TikTok author Elsie Silver comes her contemporary cowboy romance series Gold Rush Ranch. All Stefan wants is to race his horses and be left alone with his past. But he can't help but be drawn to the gorgeous veterinarian who treats his horses, and she might just be the one to treat his bruised heart. He’s beautiful, brooding, and bossy…and she just agreed to three fake dates with him.Stefan Dalca is public enemy number one in this small town, a prickly outsider with a murky past that’s hard to overlook. All he wants is to race his horses and be left alone—but when veterinarian Mira Thorne needs his help to save a sick foal, he’s too drawn to her to refuse. In exchange…he wants her.Their time together starts as a simple transaction, but the more Mira gets to know Stefan, the more she wonders if he isn’t quite the villain everyone’s made him out to be. With every intimate conversation and lingering look, the tension between them builds. She’s been drawn to Stefan since the day she laid eyes on him…but now he’s downright irresistible.Mira knows sleeping with the enemy is playing with fire. But like a moth to a flame, she’s attracted to the mysterious man in a way those closest to her wouldn’t approve of or understand. And the more Stefan softens for her, the harder she falls.But as his mysteries unravel, so do hidden truths. Truths that are bound to get someone burned.Mira just didn’t expect that someone to be her. Upward-trending sales: Elsie Silver is a trending author in the romance space. Before we acquired her, she had over 100M page reads for the self-published versions of the Chestnut Springs series in KU and over 12K eBook sales and 7K print sales on the first book, Flawless.Modern Western appeal: Elsie is working in the unique space of contemporary western romances, drawing in readers who never thought they would be into cowboys and creating engagement, including over 55M views for #ElsieSilver on TikTok.Tropes/heat level: best friend's enemy, fake dating, he falls first, small town, slow burn. Heat level R, standard contemporary heat.Author location: Elsie Silver lives outside of Vancouver, BC, and her books are set in fictional towns in the Canadian Rockies.Author Bio: ELSIE SILVER is a Canadian author of sassy, sexy, small-town romance who loves a good book boyfriend and the strong heroines who bring them to their knees. She lives just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband, son, and three dogs and has been voraciously reading romance books since before she was probably supposed to.She loves cooking and trying new foods, traveling, and spending time with her boys–especially outdoors. Elsie has also become a big fan of her quiet five am mornings, which is when most of her writing happens. It’s during this time that she can sip a cup of hot coffee and dream up a fictional world full of romantic stories to share with her readers.
