A False Start

Gold Rush Ranch, Book 4

De: Elsie Silver

Narrado por: Sebastian York, CJ Bloom

I kissed my best friend’s little sister, and the world stood still.

That night we were two perfect strangers, the town’s grumpy recluse and a gorgeous girl in the back of a bar. Until we weren’t.

Because Nadia Dalca isn’t just some girl. She’s the girl I can’t have. Fourteen years younger than me and completely off-limits.

My plan is to stay away, but the universe keeps pushing us together. It’s like some sort of cosmic joke, to give me a taste of something so electric—so real—something that breathed life back into me.

Because I can look, but I can’t touch.

Her sinful curves, her light-hearted laughter, her wild side . . . I’m addicted to every last bit of her.

And when she turns those sultry eyes on me–the ones so full of longing and so free of judgement? I’ve always considered myself a strong man. But when she looks at me I’m weak.

To give in to our connection would be a betrayal. My life is beyond complicated, and she has the world at her fingertips. Her brother is the only family she has left, and sad as it sounds, he’s also my only friend.

But I kissed her again anyway.

And now I can’t stop.

©2022, 2024 Elsie Silver (P)2024 Elsie Silver

Loved this book!!!

Overall, it’s my favorite of the series. It’s just a great story! The way Nadia and Griffin both need each other is so heartwarming.

super cute story

this was sweet. not my favorite of the series but I still liked it. it seemed out of place maybe because you didn't get much Griffin in the previous books but I did like this couple. I liked how they worked on themselves in order to be better together. very healthy.

Small town, age gap, brother’s best friend perfection!

A False Start is a small town, age gap, brother’s best friend romance and it was so so good! Easily my 2nd favorite in the Gold Rush Ranch series now, after A Photo Finish!

Nadia and Griffin are everything I love in a book couple! She’s sassy and goes head-to-head with him often, he’s mostly quiet and grumpy but soo into her! They first meet when they share an impulsive kiss one night while out, but he leaves and she gets angry. Later things get complicated when she realizes he’s her brother’s best friend! Her brother is Stefan and she works at the vet clinic with her sister-in-law Mira (the couple of The Front Runner). Griff and Nadia see a lot of one another and slowly realize they have a lot in common with emotional pasts. He’s a former pro football player who is still struggling with his past, she has traumatic familial events from her past.

I loved so much about this one! He’s gruff and grumpy but so sweet too. He adopts a three-legged dog, as well as rescues and buys her a former racehorse whose owner was about to put him down. This is age gap (she’s 21, he’s 35), he calls her “Wildflower”, we get a fun “F it” moment, he has a stutter, their time at his house and on his land, his horse Spot, Tripod the dog, how much crap she gives him, how he loves how much of a brat she is. The audiobook was narrated by CJ Bloom and Sebastian York and the pairing was so good! I could probably be nitpicky about a couple things that weren’t perfect for me, but I don’t really care to be since I honestly had such a good time with this one!

Finished too quick

Amazing!! Loved it!! Been waiting too long for it to show up in Audible!! I loved the characters and the trauma.

The story was magnificent!

I just loved this series so much. Perfect ending to a perfect series. Griffen and Nadia were everything.

A false start

I love this story it was a perfect way to end a series I love everyone in this book

A broody rancher and his best friend’s little sister. Ouch.

An outstanding performance by these narrators. An age gap, grumpy sunshine, best friend’s little sister romance that is totally consuming. Loved this story. Hard.

Perfect ending for the series

"I kissed my best friend's little sister, and the world stood still."

They are two strangers in a bar and sparks fly, but when Griffin realizes later that that girl he kissed is Stefan Dalca's little sister, he knows he has to stay away. He's the town's recluse, the grumpy former football fallen from grace. She's 21, he's 35... this has disaster written all over.

Nadia Dalca may be young, bit she's lived through way too many things that she has a completely different outtake in life from people her age. When she sees the stranger from the bar at her brother's ranch, she can't and won't stay away. How is she the only one who can see the true Griffin through the barrier he put between him and the world? And what she sees is what she wants. 

I love a broken hero and, boy oh boy, does Griffin need some healing. Nadia, who knows what is like to be hurt, is the perfect woman for him. 

This story is touching. Two people who are perfect for each other, who know their love is deep and strong, but who also understand that they are not ready. They need to grow and heal and be their best selves before they can commit to each other. And they are brave enough to do it. 

Wildflowers, love letters, rescuing horses, finding your person, becoming the best version of yourself... Beautiful. 

The casting of this audiobook is chef's kiss! CJ Bloom gives you the perfect Nadia: sassy, wild, bold, but vulnerable. Grumpy, broody heroes scream Sebastian York and that is who we get here. His signature voice fits our broken hero to a T. Narration gold here, people! 

It's sad to say goodbye to Gold Rush Ranch but we are leaving with a perfect book.

SO cute!

Love how we got to see Nadia’s love story! After everything she’d been through, and with her fiery independent personality, I knew it would be a good one! Great addition to the Gold Rush Ranch series

A+ every time

Everything Elsie touches turns to gold and this is no exception! These voice actors did a great job bringing Nadia and Griffin’s story to life!