Heartless by Elsie Silver

Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than I am and barely looks my way. Until I get him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then all bets are off—and so are our clothes. He’s gruff, a little rough around the edges. But broad-shouldered ranchers with calloused hands and filthy mouths are this city girl’s kryptonite. So who am I to resist? But it’s in our quiet moments together that he softens. It’s when he takes care of me that I realize his hardened exterior is just a façade. It’s when I watch him go all sweet with his little boy that I really fall for him. Someone convinced… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Parental & spousal abandonment
  • Infidelity*
  • Pregnancy (unplanned)
  • Miscarriage
  • Physical injury (broken fingers)
  • Emesis
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a mother during childbirth recounted

Context : The hero’s ex-wife abandoned him and their son.