Romancing the Grump

An Appies Hockey Romance

De: Jenny Proctor

Narrado por: Rock Engle, Katie Schorr

He's a grump and happy to stay that way. But can her sunshine melt the ice around his heart?

Nathan Sanders didn't earn his reputation as the grouchiest player on the Appies hockey team by chance. So when Summer Callahan breezes into his life with her flirtatious smiles and endless charm, he responds like he always does: he completely ignores her.

Summer is intrigued by the surly defenseman, so when a viral social media post requires her to step in and fake it as Nathan's girlfriend, she jumps at the chance. She's convinced the ones with the hardest shells are often the softest underneath, and she's determined to prove it.

But Nathan doesn't crack so easily. Despite their obvious chemistry, he makes his lack of interest in a relationship—any relationship—perfectly clear. But the longer they pretend, the less fake everything seems, and the more Summer starts to fall.

She can only hope her fake relationship doesn't lead to real heartbreak.

Romancing the Grump is a closed-door, grumpy/sunshine, fake dating hockey romcom with heart and humor, sizzle but no spice. Perfect for fans of sports romance who want a little less heat.

Books in the Appies Hockey Romance series connect to Just Don't Fall and Absolutely Not in Love from the Sweater Weather series, but all books stand alone and can be listened to in any order.

©2024 Jenny Proctor Creative (P)2024 Podium Audio

Enjoyable

Sweet romance with a little heat but no unnecessary sex scenes and no profanity. Characters with integrity and self control. A very nice change from the new normal

One of my favorite closed-door Hockey Romances!

I’ve been in a little bit of a Hockey Romance Era lately and this one ranks up in top favorites!!

Summer arrives for her first day working as legal counsel for the Appies organization and immediately has a run in with Nathan, the very good looking, but ever grumpy player, or the “defender” as he’s known on the Appie’s team. Nathan’s broody demeanor is such a regular occurrence it’s brought its own wave of viral videos and hashtags with female fans everywhere wanting to #tamethebeast.

Concerned for the Appie’s family friendly reputation, the social media director comes up with a plan to tame the female fans.

What you’ll find:
Dual POV
Fake dating
The DREAM TEAM brotherhood
One bed
Slow burn
The protector
“The KISS”
Great banter
Dad “hockey” jokes
She takes care of him when he’s sick
Twin sisters

The “Dream Team” dynamics was one of my favorite parts. The teammates always had beach others back. I loved how open and upfront Summer was throughout everything - it was so refreshing!! I loved that Nathan was given the space to work through the issues of his past so he could love Summer the way he wanted to love her and allow himself to be loved by Summer.

This story is part of the Appie’s Hockey series (4 books so far). Each book is a stand alone read, but so much more fun to read each player’s background story.

I HIGHLY recommend!!

Romance content: Just [great] kissing - closed door!

It was great

I’ve liked all the Appies stories! This was great too! It was sometimes hard to hear the female narrator because she would drop her voice and be really quiet so I’d miss words and then she would be louder again. It wasn’t a huge deal just kind of annoying. I didn’t have any trouble understanding/hearing the male narrator. I like the 2 person narrators and dual perspectives .

Hockey romance A+

So many hockey-romance books are an X or XXX descriptions on sex and all the types the characters have it. if that's what you're after, this isn't your book.
This hockey romance has all the great possibilities and humor dropped in too.
The story doesn't die off and magically everything works out. This story follows through the secondary stories as well.
I can recommend this book to any hockey lover that wants a great storyline.

Loved it

I loved this story and the series. True love in the simplicity of it. Was very engaging. This series is good