I know I’ve gone about the wrong reading order with this universe, but I have picked up Elsie Silver’s Wild Love from the Rose Hill series to see what other romance books are out there besides sports romance (a joke, of course). I was a little shocked at the ease of reading and how simple and cosy this novel was, so let’s get into it.

She’s been driving him wild for years, the good kind of wild. The kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend’s little sister and knowing you can’t have her. Forbes may have labeled Ford Grant the World’s Hottest Billionaire, but all he cares about is escaping the press and opening a recording studio in gorgeous small town Rose Hill. Something that comes to a screeching halt when he ends up face-to-face with a young girl who claims he’s her biological father. Now, he spends his days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old, all while trying desperately to keep his hands the hell off his best friend’s sister, Rosie Belmont. After living in the city, Rosie came blasting back into town like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic. And one wide-eyed, desperate plea for a job is all it takes for Ford to hire her. He vows to keep her at arm’s length. Tries to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her, verbal sparring is a type of foreplay―friction that soon turns to blistering heat. Ford knows damn well he shouldn’t cross this line. But shouldn’t and can’t are two very different things. And the only thing he truly can’t do is resist her.

Don’t be fooled by the pastels and the vibes I noted – there is spice and sexual tension in this novel that veers away from cute and cosy territory I mentioned. That is fine, seeing as it is similar to Things We Never Got Over, but I will say that I was a little let down by the lack of tension and layers to the story. I like my romances with multiple threads and tension points, conflicts and secrets and complexities that make things a little harder to hold back. I don’t mind a simple romance from time to time, but I was expecting a little more from Wild Love.

What I did enjoy were the diary entries. I think they added a lot of character detail, history for each character, especially the relationships between the characters, and provided a little something to make this novel unique in a way. And you can’t say that a single father and his daughter forging a relationship that displays unconditional love and support doesn’t tickle your heartstrings.

I am curious to find out more and continue the series as I am hoping there will be a lot more layers and tension in later books with the other characters of interest. This reminds me a bit of how I felt after reading Behind the Net as I wasn’t sold on the first book, but the next few books look promising enough to give them a shot. And let’s not forget I am going to get my hands on the Chestnut Springs series and I have heard good things about it, so I am not done with Elsie Silver just yet.