June Hart is an affectionate and chatty first-grade teacher who comes from a family of money-hungry doctors. When June inherits her grandmother’s 1920’s farmhouse, she is compelled to remodel it, hoping to show her egotistical family she is capable of being more than an insubstantial teacher. In the process, she finds herself spending a considerable amount of time with her hot and ill-tempered contractor, Grant Dawes. Grant Dawes is a grouchy handyman who can seem to fix everything except his troubled past. His lack of family and friends leaves him to put all of his focus on restoring homes. That is until a polka dot, crocheting, vanilla coke-obsessed client pushes her way in to throw off his routines. When he falls for his sweet-natured client, June Hart, Grant is forced to confront his complicated history to have a future with her.
Publication Year: 2022
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0 0I Can Fix That is a sweet and beautiful small town romance filled with a lot of charm with a grumpy hero that will leave you incredibly giddy!
I can't believe this is Juliana's debut, because this was done so incredibly well! For such a short story, it packed a lot without never feeling overwhelming. June wants to renovate her grandma's house, despite her mom constantly calling to tell her to sell it. When Ashley, June's BFF, suggests hiring Grant for the renovation, June is immediate to turn down the idea; he is the grump of the town after all. But being desperate, June hires him
"I would rather live one day getting to know you than a million years without you in my life."
I've been sitting here trying to write my review, but it's so hard! This was such a great Romance novel that I don't know how to put everything into words, but I'll try. Mr. Grant surprised me in so many ways. He started off so serious and truly grumpy, but June wormed her way into his life, which made him start to leave his grumpiness aside. And y'all, when that man started to smile and wink and tell her to text him when she'd get home and grab June's stray hairs to brush them behind her ear...... I MELTED! I loved how he would try to do anything to spend time with her.
I tend to recommend spicy books, and I do want to say this isn’t a spicy romance. There's barely fade to black since those scenes get cut off even before getting to that point (I think I've read YA books getting past a few bases than this book did). I would have loved to read that side of Grant and June, but all in all, their chemistry is glorious!
"It's not like you want anything with me." My voice was just over a whisper, scared of his response to come.
Grant placed his beer down and took a step closer to me, his mouth merely inches from mine. He placed a loose strand of hair behind my ear, and goosebumps raised down my arms. He whispered intensely in my ear, his lips lightly brushing against me.
"You have no idea what I want."
And taking it a step further, I had no idea playing pool could be this hot:
"Now take the shaft and wrap your hand around it. Yeah, like that. Now put the tip exactly where you want it."
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