Title: Heartless
Author: Elsie Silver
Publisher: Piatkus
Pages: 464
Genre: Romance
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
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Heartless
Cade Eaton is 38 years old and he is a single father. The mother of his child only shows up once a year if they are lucky. So Cade can use all the help he can get. Now he is looking for a nanny, but he is looking for something who doesn’t want him. A lot of women are willing to do anything for him as long as Cade will give them attention, but Cade is not interested.
Willa is looking for a new job. Her best friend knows the perfect one for her: being Luke’s Nanny for the summer. Cade barely looks her way, and is grumpy all the time. That is until she gets him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then, all bets are off―and so are their clothes.
Review
Just finished my first book of 2025, and it was a pretty good one! This was the second book in the Chestnut Springs series. Last year, I read Flawless (the first book) and had mixed feelings about it, but I’m glad I gave this one a shot because I enjoyed most of it. Last year, I discovered I’m kind of obsessed with cowboy romances, so starting 2025 with this book just felt right. Still not sure why I find Cowboys so appealing, but hey, I’m working on that.
The characters were pretty likable overall. That said, Cade was a bit too grumpy for my taste at times. He had his moments, though, where he let his guard down and became way more likable. By the end, I felt like I was living on that ranch, and Cade’s son, Luke. Absolutely adorable.
As I mentioned, I had mixed feelings about Flawless, but this book was definitely better. That said, if you’re not into spicy scenes, there’s a big chunk you could skip here. I think that’s just Elsie’s thing—personally, I prefer a bit less spice. I still read those chapters, but I’m more here for the story.
There were a couple of things that gave me the ick, though. First, the age gap: she’s 25, and he’s 38. It didn’t bug me much while I was reading, but then I thought back to when I was 25, and yeah… I wasn’t interested in men that age at all. But that’s just me—it’s definitely a personal preference thing.
And then there was the hot tub situation. Let’s just say I really hope he deep cleans that thing often and that nobody else is using it. 😅
Okay, now it sounds like I didn’t like the book, but I swear I did! I gave it 4 out of 5 hearts, which is pretty high. It made me smile and giggle like crazy, so it deserves the love.
I’m definitely planning to read the rest of the Chestnut Springs series this year. Maybe one book a month? We’ll see, but I’m excited to dive in and finish them all!
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