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Powerless

Powerless

Contemporary LiteratureContemporary Romance
Pages
496
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

Two childhood best friends. Two broken hearts. One impulsive road trip away from everything. On the eve of her wedding, Sloane Winthrop discovers her fiance’s betrayal and runs straight to the one person who has always felt like home — her best friend, Jasper Gervais. A talented NHL goalie carrying years of private grief and old trauma, Jasper has quietly loved Sloane for as long as he can remember, even as he kept their friendship safely platonic. Stuck together on an unplanned getaway, the feelings they’ve both buried start clawing their way to the surface, and the safe distance of friendship gets harder to hold mile by mile. The third Chestnut Springs novel is a tender, slow-burn best-friends-to-lovers romance about two people learning that the thing they’ve been running from might be each other.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

RomanticEmotionalSpicyHopeful
Friends to LoversSlow Burn

Genres

Contemporary Literature Contemporary Romance Romance Small-Town Romance Sports 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

Jasper GervaisProtagonist

NHL goalie carrying old grief who has long loved Sloane in silence.

Sloane WinthropProtagonist

Runaway bride who turns to her oldest friend after her engagement collapses.

All characters in Powerless

Frequently asked questions

  • Who are the main characters in Powerless?

    It follows Jasper Gervais, an NHL goalie, and Sloane Winthrop, his childhood best friend, in a friends-to-lovers romance.

  • What kicks off the story in Powerless?

    Sloane discovers her fiance's betrayal right before her wedding and runs to Jasper; the two end up on an impromptu road trip that surfaces years of buried feelings.

  • Is Powerless connected to hockey or the rodeo world?

    Jasper is a professional NHL goalie, so Powerless brings a hockey-romance flavor to the Chestnut Springs series, which otherwise centers on the ranching and rodeo Eatons.

  • Where does Powerless fall in the Chestnut Springs series?

    It's the third book in the Chestnut Springs series.

  • Is Powerless spicy?

    Yes — it's an open-door, slow-burn contemporary romance.

  • 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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