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.
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- contemporary 20
- forced proximity 17
- enemies to lovers 17
- virgin hero 14
- sweet/gentle hero 13
- grumpy & sunshine 13
- funny 11
- slow burn 11
- cheerful/happy heroine 11
- shy hero 11
- grumpy/cold hero 10
- height difference 10
- first person pov 9
- working class hero 8
- working class heroine 7
- sweet/gentle heroine 6
- small town 5
- neurodivergent mc 5
- friends to lovers 3
- shy heroine 3
- tortured hero 2
- competent heroine 2
- m-f romance 2
- poor heroine 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- childfree 1
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- mental illness 10
- past abuse 2
- past child neglect 1
- death / grief 1
- geography
- tennessee 5
- usa 4
- north america 4
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