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Heartless

Heartless

Contemporary LiteratureRomance
Pages
462
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

Taking a job as a live-in nanny for the grumpiest single dad in Chestnut Springs should have been straightforward. Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than Willa Grant, barely speaks to her, and seems determined to keep his walls up. But Cade — the broody eldest Eaton brother, devoted father to his young son, and the man holding the family ranch together — has a softer center than his gruff exterior suggests. In the quiet moments between chores and bedtime, his hardened facade begins to slip, and the carefully maintained distance between employer and nanny turns into something far more dangerous. The second Chestnut Springs novel pairs a sassy, free-spirited heroine with a guarded older single father in an age-gap, forced-proximity romance steeped in small-town ranch life.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

RomanticHeartwarmingFunnySpicy
Forced ProximityGrumpy SunshineFound Family

Genres

Contemporary Literature Romance Small-Town Romance Contemporary Romance

About the author

E
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

Cade EatonProtagonist

The broody eldest Eaton brother, a devoted single father holding the family ranch together.

Willa GrantProtagonist

A sassy, free-spirited nanny hired by a grumpy single dad.

LukeSupporting

Cade’s young son, whose care brings Willa into the Eaton household.

Winter HamiltonSupporting
Ford GrantSupporting
All characters in Heartless

Frequently asked questions

  • Who is the couple in Heartless?

    It follows Cade Eaton, the gruff eldest Eaton brother and a single dad, and Willa Grant, the spirited bartender he hires as his son's nanny.

  • What is the age gap in Heartless?

    Cade is around thirteen years older than Willa, and the age gap is a central part of the romance's tension alongside the employer-nanny dynamic.

  • Where does Heartless fall in the Chestnut Springs series?

    It's the second book in the Chestnut Springs series, following Flawless.

  • What tropes does Heartless feature?

    Single dad, nanny/employer, age gap, grumpy-sunshine, forced proximity, and found family.

  • Is Heartless steamy?

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

  • Can I read the Chestnut Springs books as standalones?

    Yes. Every Chestnut Springs book follows a new couple and resolves its own romance, but the Eaton family and their friends recur throughout, so reading in order (Flawless first) is the most rewarding way through the series.

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