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A Photo Finish

A Photo Finish

RomanceContemporary Romance
Pages
384
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

What passed between Cole Harding and Violet in their anonymous online conversations was supposed to stay buried in the past. But Ruby Creek is a small town, and when Cole — an ex-military man turned businessman, carrying his own heavy baggage — reluctantly moves there for a new venture, he finds Violet working as a jockey at Gold Rush Ranch, just as disarming in person as she was on a screen. When an injury forces Violet to recover under Cole’s roof, the careful distance they’ve kept collapses into close quarters, late nights, and a tension that refuses to stay buried. The second Gold Rush Ranch novel leans into forced proximity and second chances, pairing a guarded man who expects the worst of himself with a fierce young woman chasing her own place in the racing world.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

RomanticEmotionalHopeful
Forced ProximitySecond Chance

Genres

Romance Contemporary Romance Sports Romance Contemporary Literature Small-Town 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

Cole HardingProtagonist

Ex-military businessman carrying heavy baggage, reluctantly relocating to Ruby Creek.

VioletProtagonist

Jockey at Gold Rush Ranch recovering from injury under Cole's roof.

All characters in A Photo Finish

Frequently asked questions

  • Who are the main characters in A Photo Finish?

    It follows Cole Harding, an ex-military businessman with a lot of baggage, and Violet, a young jockey at Gold Rush Ranch — two people who first connected anonymously online.

  • What is the central hook of A Photo Finish?

    The leads previously knew each other only through anonymous online chats; they then collide in person in small-town Ruby Creek, where an injury forces Violet to recover at Cole's place.

  • Where does A Photo Finish fall in the Gold Rush Ranch series?

    It's the second full-length novel in the Gold Rush Ranch series, following Off to the Races.

  • What tropes does A Photo Finish feature?

    Forced proximity, second-chance/reconnection, hurt-comfort caretaking after an injury, and the found-family atmosphere of the ranch.

  • Is A Photo Finish a steamy read?

    Yes. It's an open-door contemporary romance, consistent with the heat level across Elsie Silver's books.

  • 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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