A gruff, divorced NFL coach meets his match in an equally grumpy, commitment-phobic neighbor in this warm-hearted and witty romance about family, second chances, and overcoming the past.
You’d think it was the perfect living next door to the grumpy single dad who needs my help with his troublemaking kids—just until football season is over. Swoony stuff, right?
You know who’s not swooning? Me.
I’m as grumpy as he is, and I’m fairly certain that for NFL Coach Barrett King, it was hate at first sight. It’s nothing I’ll lose sleep over because 1) the feeling is mutual, and 2) I’m not a people person. Just me and my dog, Larry, moving around when the mood strikes, is what I prefer.
Except I start getting attached. First to the kids. Then to their father. I don’t know why. He’s overbearing. His attempts at flirting are just growls and glares. But if I ever see that man smile…well, I might tear all his clothes off.
I don’t do forever. And Barrett—serious, thoughtful, sexier than he has any right to be—doesn’t do short term. We’re headed straight for disaster.
But it we’re willing to take a risk, maybe this story won’t end in heartbreak. Maybe what started as the perfect setup for two imperfect people just might end in love.
Football Romance
Grumpy commitment-phobic neighbor
Snowed in
Enemies to lovers
Banter as foreplay
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars
As soon as I met Barrett in Lessons In Heartbreak, I wanted to see what kind of woman was going to get through to the grumpy single dad and make the NFL coach into a puddle, twist him inside out to the point that he didn’t quite know what to do with himself. Never did I imagine that the woman who would steal Barrett’s heart would be a grumpy loner herself with an aversion to staying in one place for too long.
But, MAN, were Barrett and Lily perfect together!
I absolutely loved the connection Lily made with Barrett’s kids, Maggie and Bryce, at first. Having met the kids as Griffin’s niece and nephew in the first book, I was so glad to spend more time with these two troublemakers. And Lily just got them, and they got her, and that made my heart happy. Because as much as Barrett loves his kids, the guy is a workaholic, and Lily filled a void in their life. Especially for precocious Maggie.
This book was such a delicious slooooow burn, but then Barrett and Lily get snowed in together and BAM! It. Is. On.
Their love is messy and kind of all over the place, and for every step forward these two took, it was three steps back. Barrett was so sweet with Lily when she went through a difficult situation with her a-hole dog, and neither one of them knew what to do with that sweetness, which I found so endearing. I also really enjoyed how Lily brought Barrett and Griffin back together again, and the twins began to repair their relationship as Griffin gave his brother relationship advice.
This book was perfect! I received a complimentary copy and voluntarily left a review.
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