EXCEPT once a month, during “Code Red”, when he brings his female bartenders stick-on heating pads and brownies and calls his female staff the “Synched Sisters”. Yes, understood, it’s the grumpy neighbor trope. As for the guy, every other page he’s described as a Grumpy Viking. The main character is annoying, she’s wound very tight and honestly I wouldn’t want to spend 5 minutes with her. A lot of the ideas are recycled - everything from Kristen Ashley to “Overboard”. The narrators are great but I could barely get through it. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble, he can leave her alone, and get back to his peaceful, solitary life.Īt least, that’s the plan, until the trouble turns to real danger. But, since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam.

There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications, or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. Now, she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home - with an 11-year-old going on 30 to take care of. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. Too bad for Naomi, her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin, to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way.With fists and beer. Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded, runaway bride. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Listening to the sexy chief of police in the shower.Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Soon she finds herself sucked into small-town life. As soon as she gets what she's after, she has no intention of sticking around. The last thing he needs is the leggy, smart-mouthed Lina Solavita moving in next door, making him feel things he doesn't have the energy to feel.Lina is on a mission.

Police Chief Nash Morgan is known for two things: being a good guy and the way his uniform accentuates his rear end.But two bullets put a dent in his Southern charm and now he's facing a criminal still on the loose and a town full of citizens that consider the law more of a 'guideline'.

Now she's stuck in town with no job, no plan, no home and a whole lot of extra responsibility.There's a reason local barber Knox doesn't do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. After helping herself to Naomi's car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected: the 11-year-old niece she didn't know she had.

Escaping her seemingly perfect wedding, Naomi Witt arrives in rough-around-the-edges Knockemout, Virginia, running to the rescue of her estranged twin, Tina.Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn't changed at all.

Things we never got over book 2