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Gruff and Ready
A Small Town Romance
2025
First Published
2.73
Average Rating
158
Number of Pages

I came here for a fresh start, to work hard, cook, and forget the life I left behind. I’m not running away. Or that’s what I tell myself when I take a last-minute job as a cook on a struggling dude ranch. I just need to be somewhere no one knows the girl who lost everything, and buried her dreams alongside her restaurant and her marriage. I plan to keep my head down, do my job, and move on when the season ends. But Jack Wilder makes that impossible. Rough around the edges, and built like sin, he makes it painfully clear that hiring me was his sister’s idea. I clash with my new boss from the second we meet, but the way Jack looks at me? It’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen. He's grumpy, guarded, and convinced I’m trouble, but the longer I stay, the more this ranch, and this man, feel like home. And worth risking my heart for once again. Grumpy x sunshine, enemies to lovers, and forced proximity come together in this sizzling small-town romance. Perfect for readers who love broody cowboys, stubborn city girls, found family, and sparks hotter than a July heatwave.

Avg Rating
2.73
Number of Ratings
11
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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