Wild Love

Rose Hill, Book 1

By: Elsie Silver

Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Vanessa Edwin

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Rosie Belmont has been driving me wild for years. The good kind of wild. The bad kind of wild. But mostly the kind of wild that comes with wanting your best friend’s little sister and knowing you can’t have her.

After living in the city, she comes blasting back into Rose Hill like a storm. Beautiful, messy, and chaotic.

And one wide-eyed desperate plea for a job is all it takes for me to hire her.

Forbes may have labeled me the World’s Hottest Billionaire but all I care about is opening my new recording studio. Something that comes to a screeching halt when I end up face-to-face with a young girl who claims I’m her biological father.

Now I spend my days balancing business with parenting a sullen twelve-year-old all while trying desperately to keep my hands the hell off my best friend’s little sister.

I vow to keep Rosie at arm’s length. I try to stick to scowls and grumpy one-liners. But with her verbal sparring is merely foreplay—friction that turns to blistering heat.

I know damn well I shouldn’t cross that line.

But shouldn’t and can’t are two very different things.

And the only thing I truly can’t do is resist her.

©2024 Elsie Silver Literary Inc. (P)2024 Elsie Silver

i don't have enough words for how much I love this.

There’s something about listening to the perfect audiobook that makes your life so much better. Work goes by faster. Stressful car rides are not so stressful. And doing the laundry is not that bad anymore.

That is definitely the case with Wild Love. I love Elsie, she knows that. I ADORED this book. I adored the characters, the town, the story, everything—and when you add Zachary Webber and Vanessa Edwin?
Is there a more meaningful word than perfect? If there is, let me know, and I’ll lead with that.

Ford and Rosie have known each other since they were kids. Ford is Rosie’s brother’s best friend, and they argued and bantered and annoyed each other growing up. On the surface, at least.

Now they’re both back in their small town, just as he finds out he may be a little girl’s biological father, and just as that little girl enters his life.
I have to say it—Zach’s kid voice is precious, but so was Vanessa’s. Cora comes out so amazingly in their voices that I fell in love with this kid all over again.

Ford and Rosie end up working together, which is hard for Ford. He’s been pining for her for years, and their banter is just their own brand of love. Including those emails, because… I have no words.

The blue pen moment? Perfect. The desk moment? Flawless? The blue paint moment? Don’t even get me started.

All the tension was spot on, the way a slow burn should be. Zach and Vanessa made me giggle and squeal and tear up. And hot. Because you know all the tension had to go somewhere!

The little things and small moments melted my heart. His acts of service, the romantic words that may not have sounded romantic to Ford at all. The hair pulling. The journal. The dock. All of it is so special.

All the love and the jealousy and the want and the longing came out exceptionally in the voices of these two people, and I’m in awe of them.

This book had me feeling everything. This audiobook made me feel… more. It’s indescribable, and it’s an experience. The perfect couple that is Rose and Ford played by two people who were the best for the job.

Spot. On.

What a great start to a new series!

The audio is perfection this book. Zachary Webber and Vanessa Edwin did such a wonderful job bringing Rosie and Ford to life off the pages of the book.

If there is one thing I will always be able to count on Elsie for it is some top tier banter and she didn't disappoint with this one.This book brings everything when it comes to a brother's best friend, single dad, frenemies to lovers, small town romance.I was hooked from the first chapter and when I had to stop listening to the audio, I was thinking about how I couldn't wait to start it again. I haven't seen a single dad romance done like this before and I love the story that was told with Ford and Cora. And Rosie is a spitfire that I just absolutely loved!

Perfection

I’m thoroughly obsessed with everything that Elsie Silver writes, and this might be my favorite yet!!!! Did I order the physical book and then immediately purchase the audiobook when I saw that Zachary Webber was the narrator? Yes, yes I did! No regrets!

Cozy, lovely read!

The perfect, easy, cozy read/listen. The story is great, the characters are funny and the narrators did a phenomenal job bringing them to life. 10/10 another Elsie slam dunk.

Elsie truly delivered with this book!

Elsie Silver once again slays at the single dad/small town romance. I could not put this one down. I was so obsessed with Rosie and Ford. What a start to her new ‘Rose Hill’ series!

Rosie Belmont and Ford Grant have known each other most of their lives. She’s his best friend’s little sister, after all. After an unfortunate issue with her job, she’s back in Rose Hill.

When I saw this was about Ford Grant (Willa’s brother) I screamed. Ford was perfect. The literal perfect hero. He was sweet, charming, and obsessed with Rosie and an obsessed hero is my favorite kind.
“If I could build you a boyfriend like a Build-A-Bear, he would come out as Ford Grant.”

I also loved the way we found out Ford was a dad. It was different from your typical single dad book. Speaking of being a dad, every single scene with Cora was great. I loved her with Ford and I loved her with Rosie. Rosie was a great heroine. She was so much fun and such a hoot. I rooted for her and I loved her with Ford. And can we talk about the bowling dads? So hilarious! I hope they all get books- especially Rosie’s brother.

Wild Love is such a character driven novel and I loved that. These characters were everything and made the book for me. I’m honestly not the biggest 'billionaire hero’ lover, but that was the least interesting thing about Ford ;). Elsie truly delivered with this book. The chemistry, banter, and the romance! It was perfect for me.

Great book

I only decided to listen to this book because Zachary Webber is one of the narrators, but I’m glad I did. It’s a well developed story that doesn’t needlessly drag on to add to a longer story.

Perfect

One of my favorites! The story was so cute, the romance and spice were great, and the narration was fitting.

Elsie Silver can do no wrong !

I knew I was going to love this because Elsie Silver wrote it but I didn’t know I would love it this much! Ford and Rosie might be my favorite Elsie couple ever! The story was perfect. I was swooning so hard and laughing out loud! The performance was spectacular as well. Infinity Stars! Chefs Kiss* A 10/10 Perfect start to the Rose Hill series!

Laughed out loud MANY times

It’s always fun to read a book that’s set in or nearby your home. As a Calgary Girl it’s one of the things that put me onto Elsie Silver’s writing. It’s even better when the book has humour and has some fun and loving spice like this story.
Wild Love was a wonderful listen, with animated narrators who did an awesome job expressing the depth and breadth of emotion in the story.
I was very touched by the caring and conscientious way a young girl’s trauma and pain was expressed and handled by the characters. Very well done.

Great!

I think this may be the first with this author but it will not be the last. Great story line and the narration made it even better. Always looking for Zachary Webber narration. He and Ava helped make the story even funnier.

I am looking forward to the next in the series.