If cowboys, charm, and slow-burning chemistry make your heart gallop, you’re in the right place. This roundup is packed with small-town heart, witty banter, and emotionally messy characters you can’t help but root for. From flirty tension to full-blown feels, these books capture the magic, romance, and irresistible spark that fans of Elsie Silver crave in every story.
Wild Side by Elsie Silver
After losing her sister, Tabitha enters a marriage of convenience with brooding wrestler Rhys to protect her nephew. What started as a cold arrangement fueled by mistrust slowly transforms as Rhys reveals a softer, fiercely loyal side. With forced proximity, simmering tension, and a shared love for the boy they’re raising, their fragile truce begins to blur into something real.
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Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
A charming, carefree flirt known for his bedroom prowess unexpectedly finds himself wanting more than a fling with a woman seemingly immune to his charms. Agreeing to be just friends, their forced proximity when she crashes at his place ignites a confusing desire. As he helps her pursue another, he battles his own feelings, hoping to prove he’s all in for a chance at a deep and lasting connection.
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Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage
After a rodeo accident sidelines her career, Emmy returns home to heal and figure out what’s next. The last thing she expects is to fall for Luke—her brother’s best friend and the town’s charming troublemaker. She’s off-limits. He knows better. But as old sparks turn into something real, resisting each other might be the one rule they can’t follow.
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Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
To save her struggling Christmas tree farm, Stella fabricates a boyfriend for a contest. Her best friend, Luka, steps in to play the part, entangling them in a fake relationship that fools their small town and meddling families. During twinkling lights and holiday cheer, despite their decade-long friendship, the lines between their pretend romance and something undeniably more blur.
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Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory
Avery is newly single and ready to date women—but totally out of her depth. Enter a confident flirt with a personal vow of celibacy for the summer, who offers to give her lessons. What begins as practice soon ignites an undeniable spark between them. As their carefully constructed platonic arrangement dissolves amidst shared laughter and growing intimacy, both women find their hearts unexpectedly vulnerable to a connection neither anticipated.
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Daydream by Hannah Grace
He’s a grumpy hockey captain struggling to stay afloat in a tough class. She’s a bookish overachiever with too much on her plate. When he crashes her book club and she offers to tutor him, sparks fly through late-night study sessions and unexpected adventures. They have one rule: don’t fall in love. But some chapters are impossible to write without romance.
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The Charlie Method by Elle Kennedy
Living a double life as a perfect sorority girl and a thrill-seeking online persona, college senior Charlotte connects with two anonymous hotties. Discovering they are Briar U hockey players with secrets of their own, a steamy connection ignites. As their hidden lives intertwine and desires deepen, the messy reality of expectations and true feelings threatens to unravel their unconventional arrangement, forcing them to confront what they truly want when lust starts to feel like love.
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Merit by Devney Perry
Despite being childhood friends, Maverick and Stevie have spent years trading barbs and avoiding any kind of closeness. But when Maverick’s mother, battling cancer, asks them to call a truce and go on weekly dates, they agree—for her sake. What begins as an awkward peace offering soon turns into something deeper, blurring the line between fake dates and real feelings.
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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
Fleeing her disastrous wedding to rescue her twin Tina, Naomi lands in Knockemout, Virginia, and is unexpectedly left with a niece she never knew. Suddenly without a car, job, or plan, she finds a reluctant source of help in Knox, the town’s grumpy bachelor. But as Naomi’s knack for trouble escalates into real danger, an unexpected bond grows between them amidst the challenges of new family and small-town life, testing Knox’s aversion to complications.
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A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn
Helping his best friend navigate her impending marriage and a difficult mother-in-law, he takes on the role of man-in-waiting. But as wedding plans progress, his platonic affection deepens into undeniable romantic feelings. Stolen glances and comforting gestures blur the lines of friendship, leading him to a startling realization: he’s head over heels for the bride-to-be, and now he must decide if he’ll stand by or fight for the love he’s only just recognized.
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