Heartwarming Grumpy Sunshine Romance Books

Delilah Green has moved on from her lousy childhood in Bright Falls. She moved to New York City and started her own photography business. But when her estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding, Delilah finds herself back in her hometown, and she isn’t happy about it. Until she meets Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid’s bridesmaids, and things start to look like they may be turning around. Maybe going home isn’t so bad after all.

Maybell Parish has always been a dreamer and a hopeless romantic. She finds that living in her own world is preferable to the disappointments that come with real life. So, when Maybell inherits a charming house in the mountains from her Great-Aunt Violet, she sees it as a new start. Little does she know that her troubles are just beginning. It turns out Violet also left the house to the groundskeeper Wesley Koehler, and they both have very different visions for the property’s future. But when Maybell uncovers something unexpectedly sweet beneath Wesley’s scowls, they learn that sometimes the smallest steps outside one’s comfort zone can lead to the greatest rewards.

Amelia Rose is burned-out from years of maintaining her “princess of pop” image. Inspired by her favorite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday, she drives off in the middle of the night for a break in Rome…Rome, Kentucky, that is. When Noah Walker finds Amelia on his front lawn in her broken-down car, he makes it clear he doesn’t have the time or patience for celebrity problems. Yet, despite his better judgment, he lets her stay in his guest room–but only until her car is fixed–then she’s on her own. Amelia can’t resist falling for the cozy town and her grumpy tour guide, but even Audrey had to leave Rome eventually.

Liv had a dream job working at Nashville’s hottest restaurant, but when she catches the chef owner harassing a young hostess and confronts him, he fires her immediately. Liv vows revenge, but she’ll need assistance to take on the powerful chef. Left with few options, she turns to nightclub entrepreneur, Braden Mack, who offers to help her. But, he’ll need to call in reinforcements: the Bromance Book Club. Inspired by the romantic suspense novel they’re reading, the book club assists Liv in setting up a sting operation. But they’re just as eager to help Mack figure out the way to Liv’s heart…

Joy has been in love with her best friend Malcolm for as long as she can remember, but she has never had the courage to tell him. So, when Malcolm announces that he’s met the love of his life, a woman named Summer, she is heartbroken. When the three of them go on a trip together, Joy thinks it is her last chance to show Malcolm what he is missing. When she meets Fox, he agrees to help her make Malcolm jealous. But now that Joy is finally being treated like the main character in her life, and not the third wheel, things might be looking up.

After her life falls apart, Layla Patel returns home to her family in San Francisco. To help get her back on her feet, her father–with the best intentions in mind–offers her the office above his restaurant to start her new business and creates an online dating profile for her. She doesn’t know he’s arranged a series of blind dates until the first one comes knocking on her door… Her father also forgot to mention that he also rented out his office to Sam Mehta, a CEO looking for a quiet place to work. As they face off in close quarters, the sarcasm and sparks fly. But when the battle for the office becomes a battle of the heart, Sam and Layla have to decide if this is love or just a game.

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They’re polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that they’re living in neighboring beach houses for the summer, bogged down with writer’s block. To help get them out of their literary ruts, they hatch a plan: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.

Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She’s also a thief. As a member of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she spends her time acquiring treasure by interesting means. But when Ned Lightbourne–a sometimes assassin who is under direct contract to kill the members of the Wisteria Society–shows up, things get a lot more interesting than Cecilia ever imagined. Wth the members in peril, Cecilia is forced to team up with her handsome would-be assassin to save those closest to her–hopefully proving, once and for all, that she’s as much a scoundrel as the men.

Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions–like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows better–that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When his mom takes matters into her own hands, she returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride and brings back Esme Tran. Esme sees going to America as the big break her family needs. And as she gets to know Khai better, she becomes hopelessly smitten with a man who’s convinced he can never return her affection. But he’ll soon learn that there’s more than one way to love.

When Reggie Johnson answers a job ad in the paper, she’s astonished to find that she’s not applying to work at her favorite card game, Spellcraft. Instead, she’s applying to be an actual familiar for an actual witch. As in, real magic. The job has some great perks, but the biggest problem is warlock Ben Magnus, her employer’s nephew and the most arrogant, insufferable, maddening man to ever cast a spell. But when someone with a vendetta targets the household, she finds herself working with Ben to break a deadly curse. Apparently, when they’re not fighting like cats and dogs, things get downright…bewitching.

Naomi Grant’s sex-positive start-up has become an international sensation, and now she’s looking for her next steps. Ethan Cohen just became the rabbi of his own synagogue, but low on congregants, he’ll need to turn things around or close the doors for good. Naomi and Ethan join forces to host a buzzy seminar series on Modern Intimacy, the perfect solution to their problems–until they discover a new one–their growing attraction to each other. They’ve built the syllabus for love’s latest experiment, but neither of them expected they’d be the ones putting it to the test.