Wild Eyes

Elsie Silver is a New York Times bestselling Canadian author. She specializes in contemporary romance. All of her publications can be classified as “sassy, sexy, small-town romance[s]” featuring “good book boyfriends and the strong heroines who bring them to their knees” (453). She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, her son, and their dogs. Her novels are often set in rural Canada and are inspired by her own relationship with the landscape. Her personal investment in and attachment to “reading romance books” (453) from a young age also fuels her stories. Comforted by the tropes and happily-ever-after endings in these stories, Silver aims to give her readers similar worlds to escape into. By her own description, her titles feature “[r]eal characters with real problems, people who cuss and who make mistakes sometimes,” along with scenes “that make you blush,” and “that always, always end happily ever after” (“About.” Elsie Silver).

Silver has authored three series: the Chestnut Springs Series, the Gold Rush Ranch Series, and the Rose Hill Series. The Chestnut Springs Series consists of Flawless, Heartless, Powerless, Reckless, and Hopeless. The Gold Rush Ranch Series includes the titles Off to the Races, A Photo Finish, The Front Runner, and A False Start. The Rose Hill Series includes the titles Wild Love and Wild Eyes. The third installment in the series, Wild Side, is forthcoming in March 2025.

In the Acknowledgments section, Silver claims to have a personal attachment to the Wild Eyes narrative in particular. She is fond of Skylar Stone’s and Weston (West) Belmont’s romance because they “possess that cosmic sort of soul mate vibe [she] love[s] so much,” and she has also “poured so much of [her]self and [her] own insecurities into this book” (449). Silver’s heartfelt, empathetic approach to writing Skylar’s story and tracing her personal evolution is thus backed by the author’s own encounters with fear and self-doubt, and it is clear that her personal experience authenticates her multidimensional characters and complex thematic explorations.