TITLE: Wild Love
AUTHOR: Elsie Silver
SERIES: Rose Hill
SERIES ORDER: 1 of ???
RELEASE DATE: 04/09/2024
GENRE: Small Town Romance
RATING: ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
SPICE LEVEL: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
BLURB:
She's been driving him wild for years . . . the good kind of wild.
The kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend's little sister and knowing you can't have her.
Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World's Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he's her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend's sister, Rosie Belmont.
After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm's length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay―friction that soon turns to blistering heat.
Ford knows damn well he shouldn't cross this line. But shouldn't and can't are two very different things.
And the only thing he truly can't do is resist her.
MY REVIEW:
I freakin’ devoured this book!
Ford and Rosie? Obsessed! Give me a slow-burn with a long-time pining hero and a heroine who finally catches up, and I’m done for. Ford has had it bad for Rosie for years, and watching her figure that out bit by bit was oh so satisfying.
Their chemistry was so hot! There’s a scene on a desk (yes, that kind of scene) that ends with a destroyed laptop and my jaw on the floor. And the bedroom scene? Let’s just say Ford knows how to eat a sandwich (IYKYK) 🥵
I also loved the side characters. West is Rosie’s brother and Ford’s best friend (Trope Alert! lol), and I actually laughed out loud a few times during his scenes. I randomly imagined Austin Stowell as Ford and Bobby Campo as West during one of their conversations, and now that’s just who they are in my head.
Was I expecting more drama when West found out? Sure. But I really liked the way it played out, especially with Ford taking charge and going to West like a grown adult.
Also, I adored Cora! She’s such a special part of this book, and watching her bond with both Ford and Rosie gave their growing relationship even more depth and heart.
Safe to say I’ll be diving into West’s book next, especially with the teaser Elsie provided at the end of the book, because I need more of this world immediately!