Review: Hopeless

Hopeless by Elsie Silver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Beau is the thirty-five year old feted war hero, former special forces soldier who rescued a hostage and spent eight days in a cave with little/no food and water. Now he's back home in Chestnut Springs with his family hovering over him and townsfolk fawning all over him. Trouble is, Beau has recurring nightmares about his experiences and is suffering from a form of PTSD where nothing seems to matter.

On the other hand, twenty-two year old Bailey's family are infamous for being work-shy, criminals, and general wronguns. Unfortunately, Bailey, who has never done anything wrong in her life, is tarred with the same brush. Her dreams of escaping Chestnut Springs and her toxic family are being thwarted, because none of the townsfolk will give her a job, other than the local bar.

Bailey and Beau begin a strange sort of friendship, at first he just gets drunk at the bar where she works. Then, when he discovers that she closes the bar every night on her own, he stays with her until closing to make sure she is safe. When Bailey tells Beau that he has life easy, being Chestnut Springs royalty, while she can't get a job even when it's vacant because of her last name he offers her a bet - they'll be fake engaged to see if that opens doorways for her.

Throw into the mix that Bailey is a curious virgin with no filter and you have yourself a romantic comedy.

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