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A False Start

A False Start

Contemporary RomanceRomance
Pages
432
Published
2024
Language
English

Synopsis

Griffin Sinclaire is Ruby Creek’s resident grump — a guarded recluse who likes his solitude and his routines and has no interest in being pulled into anyone’s life. Nadia Dalca, younger sister to the town’s most notorious outsider, has her own reasons for keeping the world at a distance. When the two are thrown into close, complicated proximity, the easy answer is to keep their walls up; the harder, truer one is the pull neither can quite explain. The final Gold Rush Ranch novel closes out the Ruby Creek racing saga with a grumpy-sunshine, age-gap romance between a man who has shut himself off and a woman determined to live on her own terms, surrounded by the found family the series has built across its run.

Prose complexity
2/10

Vibe

EmotionalSpicyHeartwarmingHopeful
Grumpy SunshineForced ProximitySecond ChanceSlow BurnFound Family

Genres

Contemporary Romance Romance Contemporary Literature New Adult Romance

About the author

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Elsie Silver

A #1 New York Times, Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestselling author, Elsie Silver writes sassy, steamy, small-town contemporary romance. Born and raised in Canada, she lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, son, and dogs — and the rugged ranch towns of her home province shape the settings of nearly all her books. A lifelong romance reader, she came to writing at her mother's urging to reclaim an identity of her own, drawing on an earlier background in copywriting...

Characters

Griffin SinclaireProtagonist

A grumpy, reclusive Ruby Creek local who guards his solitude until Nadia upends it.

Nadia DalcaProtagonist

Stefan Dalca’s younger sister, determined to live life on her own terms.

All characters in A False Start

Frequently asked questions

  • Who are the leads in A False Start?

    It follows Griffin Sinclaire, a grumpy small-town recluse, and Nadia Dalca, the younger sister of Stefan Dalca from The Front Runner.

  • How is Nadia connected to the rest of the Gold Rush Ranch series?

    Nadia is the younger sister of Stefan Dalca, the hero of The Front Runner, which ties this book directly into the earlier entry's storyline.

  • Is A False Start the last Gold Rush Ranch book?

    Yes. It's the fourth and final full-length novel in the Gold Rush Ranch series, wrapping up the Ruby Creek storylines.

  • What tropes does A False Start have?

    Grumpy-sunshine, age gap, forced proximity, and the series' signature found-family warmth.

  • Is A False Start steamy?

    Yes — it's an open-door contemporary romance like the rest of the series.

  • Do I have to read the Gold Rush Ranch books in order?

    Each book centers on a different couple and works as a standalone, but reading in publication order (starting with Off to the Races) gives the clearest picture of the recurring Ruby Creek cast and the ranch's ongoing storylines.

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