In a Jam
Kate Canterbary
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
4.05
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 277 ratings · 472 pages · Published: 19 Sep 2022

First, Shay has to move home to the small town of Friendship, Rhode Island. Second—and most problematic since her fiancé just called off the wedding—Shay must be married within one year.
Marriage is the last thing in the world Shay wants but she’ll do anything to save the only real home she’s ever known.
Noah Barden loved Shay Zucconi back in high school. Not that he ever told her. He was too shy, too awkward, too painfully uncool to ask out the beautiful, popular girl.
A lifetime later, Noah is a single dad to his niece and has his hands full running the family business. That old crush is the farthest thing from his mind.
Until Shay returns to their hometown.
CW/TW: absentee parent(s), brief mention of parent death, brief mention of parent chronic illness, mention of incarceration, mention of temporary foster care placement, reference to teenage teasing/bullying (not detailed, not explicit), brief incidence of fat-shaming, living with a neurodivergent child
Tagged as:
- contemporary 34
- marriage of convenience 31
- friends to lovers 30
- small town 30
- second chances 28
- curvy heroine 27
- single father 27
- grumpy & sunshine 26
- dual pov 22
- forced proximity 21
- funny 20
- sassy heroine 20
- teacher/coach heroine 19
- fake relationship 16
- independent heroine 16
- sweet/gentle hero 16
- shy hero 15
- cheerful/happy heroine 13
- grumpy/cold hero 13
- m-f romance 9
- alpha male 7
- working class hero 6
- height difference 5
- spanking 5
- praise kink 4
- male pov 4
- found family 4
- first person pov 3
- caretaking 3
- nerdy hero 1
- fated mates 1
- daddy kink 1
- exhibitionism 1
- Add topics
- geography
- rhode island 5
- north america 4
- massachusetts 3
- usa 3