Including my reasons for avoiding the first- and only- man I’ve ever loved. But after my life implodes, I’m reconsidering EVERYTHING. I said I’d never set foot on Oakley Island again. It's the second in a series, but can be read as a standalone. You'll find plenty of laughs and sizzling chemistry in this closed door romantic comedy. The Bluff is an enemies to lovers, grumpy boss rom-com set in the fictional small town of Sheet Cake Texas. It's a battle of stubborn wills, and I don't plan to concede anytime soon.Įxcept the more time I spend around James Graham, the more I start to lose the one thing I refuse to give to any man. The more he pushes me away, the more I'm pulled into his orbit. Or that he lost his mom when he was young, same as me. and what makes him go boom.Īll this has nothing to do with the fact that the man is unbearably, unfairly, unignorably (is that a word?) attractive. Not only am I going to help James launch a successful brewery, but I'm going to find out what makes him tick. Did I mention he doesn't trust me to do my job? But only because my boss is the grumpy boss to end all grumpy bosses. I won't be winning any employee of the year awards. Each book will have sizzling chemistry but no spice. The Oakley Island Romcom series follows three very different sisters as they renovate the house they inherited and find love on the island along the way. If only a certain tattooed grump didn’t seem so determined to send me away …Įloise and The Grump Next Door is a grumpy sunshine, closed door romantic comedy. When I’m suddenly presented with the academic opportunity of my dreams (former dreams?), my picturesque life on Oakley starts to unravel.Ī part of me wants to stay. On the outside, he might be pricklier than a puffer fish, but I catch glimpses of a delicious, cinnamon roll center.ĭid I mention the tattoos he hides underneath those crisp button-down shirts? Yowza. Especially when new dreams include a future with Jake. This isn’t the life I dreamed of, but dreams can change. It doesn’t help that the night Jake and I met, I got a little tipsy, and he had to carry me back to my hotel.īut the longer I stay on Oakley Island, the more I feel a connection to my childhood and to my grandmother. Turning Gran’s beach house into a bed and breakfast-a process that would be a lot easier if I didn’t have to deal with the grumpy lawyer living next door. Instead, I’m renovating my late grandmother’s home and posting about the process on Instagram.

Just kidding-I’ll take the pelican any day.Īfter graduation, I thought I’d be off to grad school, doing research on my favorite poet. I’m not sure which is worse-the lawyer handling my grandmother’s estate or the attack pelican living on the screened-in porch.

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