A review by justmevictoria
Wild Love by Elsie Silver

4.5

He's loved her forever, and she's only just realising the same… 
 
When things take a turn at her job in the city, Rosie Belmont soon finds herself back in her hometown of Rose Hill, camped out in her brother's bunkhouse contemplating her next move. With job prospects in the small town few and far between, she winds up on the doorstep of Ford Grant Junior, her brother's best friend and the guy she verbally sparred with as a teen. As Ford works to set up a recording studio, he's in need of someone with business smarts to help keep the set-up flowing. But hiring his best friend's younger sister, whom he's loved from a distance since they were teens, wasn't on the agenda. And neither was the twelve-year-old who rocks up on his doorstep claiming she's his daughter. Between parenting a child he never expected, establishing his business, joining a dad's bowling team, and trying to keep Rosie at arm's length, it was only a matter of time before he gave into his desires and crossed a line he never allowed himself to cross. 
 
I've said it before and I'll say it a million times more - Elsie Silver gets better and better with each release, which I didn't think was possible because she was perfection from the first book! It's genuinely getting SO hard to choose a favourite leading man and couple, but Ford and Rosie have come so close to pipping Ford's own sister Willa and Cade to a top spot (although no one can beat Theo Silva). Seriously, there is definitely magic being infused into these books because every single novel in the Elsieverse is an absolute must-read swoony, spicy, and feet-kicking romance. 
 
Ford and Rosie were oozing ALL the chemistry from the get-go and I absolutely adored their relationship - it had all the fun banter, the sweet romance, and the toe-curling spice. The brother's best friend/best friend's sister trope is one of my favourite tropes, and Elsie injected everything to love about the trope and more into Ford and Rosie's relationship. Oh and Ford falling first? Give me ALL the long-held male feelings and pining from a distance! 
 
The single dad trope is also another one of my faves, and I thoroughly enjoyed the angle Elsie took with this one. Watching Ford and Cora's relationship and dynamic develop throughout the book was just as enjoyable as watching Ford and Rosie's romance develop. There is so much heart and soul in this story, and not just through Ford and Rosie's relationship, but also in the connection formed between Ford and the daughter he didn't know he had and didn't know was missing from his life. 
 
I ended up listening to the audiobook for the majority of this one and I ADORED every single second of it! Zachary Webber and Vanessa Edwin are fabulous as Ford and Rosie and really brought both characters to life. And funnily enough, Vanessa provided the narration for Willa Grant in Heartless in the Chestnut Springs series… I highly recommend checking out the audiobooks for any of Elsie's books - each set of narrators are perfection! 
 
If you've somehow missed the memo on Elsie Silver, you NEED to stop what you're doing and reading and pick up her books! With every release, she continues to prove why she's a standout in the romance genre. With the next Rose Hill book right around the corner, and the final book later in the year, now is the time to dive into the Elsieverse and experience for yourself why Elsie is a queen of small town romance!