Hopeless: The must-read, small-town romance and TikTok bestseller! (Chestnut Springs) by Elsie SilverBeau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past. Im the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Hes thirty five and all man, and Im twenty two and all virgin. Hes also my fianc. Correction: my fake fianc. We start out as a bet. He doesnt believe that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point. Its win win. He gets a break from his concerned familys prying, and I get