The Grump Next Door (Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove #1)
Brighton Walsh
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· 63 ratings · 326 pages · Published: 05 Jun 2025
Because now Sutton Sinclair—the sharp-tongued troublemaker who left claw marks down my back and a dent in my self-control—is living in my backyard cottage with her teenage daughter. And I’m her goddamn landlord.
I like things quiet. Controlled. She's neither. Sutton’s chaos wrapped in sunshine, a temptation in scrubs I can’t seem to stay away from.
When her ex shows up acting like Sutton’s still his to lose, I claim her on instinct. The kiss? Hot. The fallout? Immediate.
Now my family—and the entire town—thinks we’re a couple.
Fake dating Sutton wasn’t in my playbook, but if being a pro-footballer turned high school coach has taught me anything, it’s how to pivot. All I have to do is keep my hands to myself.
Then her cottage floods.
Now we’re sharing a roof…and a bed. The line between real and fake is blurring faster than I can redo the guest house.
This is supposed to be temporary. But Sutton doesn’t just crash into my life—she rewrites it. She’s in my home, moaning my name, breaking every rule I’ve ever lived by.
And I’m starting to want something permanent with the woman who’s already got one foot out the door.
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- small town 17
- grumpy & sunshine 15
- single mother 15
- teacher/coach hero 15
- forced proximity 15
- rich hero 15
- m-f romance 14
- contemporary 14
- sassy heroine 13
- grumpy/cold hero 13
- working class heroine 12
- fake relationship 12
- height difference 11
- caretaking 11
- independent heroine 11
- take-charge heroine 11
- sports 10
- age gap 10
- football 10
- possessive hero 10
- spanking 9
- athlete hero 9
- found family 7
- funny 7
- class difference 6
- praise kink 6
- hurt/comfort 5
- sweet/gentle heroine 5
- alpha male 5
- new adult 5
- working class hero 4
- sweet/gentle hero 4
- masc-dom 3
- bdsm 2
- bondage 2
- forbidden love 1
- anal sex 1
- breeding 1
- curvy heroine 1
- good grovel 1
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- audiobook
- dual pov 12
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The 'Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove' series
4.13 · 136 ratings
small town · contemporary · caretaking · first-person-pov · possessive hero · praise-kink · dual-pov · sweet-hero · grumpy sunshine · strong heroine · usa · forced proximity · humor · male-pov · independent heroine · audiobook · m-f · maine · found-family · working class heroine
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