Twice Shy
Sarah Hogle

Can you find real love when you've always got your head in the clouds?
Maybell Parish has always been a dreamer and a hopeless romantic. But living in her own world has long been preferable to dealing with the disappointments of real life. So when Maybell inherits a charming house in the Smokies from her Great-Aunt Violet, she seizes the opportunity to make a fresh start.
Yet when she arrives, it seems her troubles have only just begun. Not only is the house falling apart around her, but she isn't the only inheritor: she has to share everything with Wesley Koehler, the groundskeeper who's as grouchy as he is gorgeous--and it turns out he has a very different vision for the property's future.
Convincing the taciturn Wesley to stop avoiding her and compromise is a task more formidable than the other dying wishes Great-Aunt Violet left behind. But when Maybell uncovers something unexpectedly sweet beneath Wesley's scowls, and as the two slowly begin to let their guard down, they might learn that sometimes the smallest steps outside one's comfort zone can lead to the greatest rewards.
Tagged as:
- contemporary 23
- forced proximity 20
- enemies to lovers 20
- virgin hero 17
- sweet/gentle hero 16
- grumpy & sunshine 16
- cheerful/happy heroine 14
- funny 13
- slow burn 13
- grumpy/cold hero 13
- shy hero 13
- height difference 12
- working class hero 11
- working class heroine 10
- small town 8
- sweet/gentle heroine 7
- neurodivergent mc 7
- m-f romance 5
- friends to lovers 4
- tortured hero 4
- competent heroine 4
- shy heroine 4
- take-charge heroine 4
- poor heroine 3
- childfree 3
- disabilities & scars 2
- Add topics
- content warnings
- mental illness 13
- past child neglect 4
- death / grief 4
- past abuse 1
- geography
- tennessee 6
- usa 5
- north america 5
- europe 1
- british isles 1
- united kingdom 1
- scotland 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 11