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Eloise and the Grump Next Door
Romance
Eloise and the Grump Next Door
Book 1 of the Oakley Island series
334 pages · First published 2022
After graduation, Eloise inherits her grandmother’s beach house on Oakley Island and postpones graduate school to renovate it into a bed-and-breakfast. The project reconnects her with childhood memories but also puts her next door to Jake, the grumpy lawyer handling the estate, after an embarrassing first encounter in which he has to carry her back to her hotel. An aggressive pelican, renovation mishaps, and small-island life keep throwing them together as Eloise begins to see more beneath Jake’s prickly exterior. This sweet romantic comedy combines forced proximity, inherited family history, and a seaside setting with a heroine trying to decide what she wants her future to become.
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Mild romantic content, including kissing
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