He’s the hot, grumpy, secretly-sensitive retired adventurer in my favorite cozy game… …and I’m living on the farm next door. Ever since I found Vale of Gems, my single complaint about the game has been that its most eligible bachelor—Samson the tattooed dreamboat—is unromanaceble. Now that I’ve woken up in his world, though, that is going to change. So long as my anxiety and his internal coding don’t have anything to say about it, I’ll romance him right into a wedding. Problem is, the game world isn’t exactly the way I remember it. With the realism mod active, it’s as though I’m playing on hard mode, so survival might need to take a predominant position on my quest page. And overprotective Samson might need to take me under his broad-shouldered wing.~This is an another world, grumpy/sunshine romcom with plenty of sizzle, yet none of the spice. This is a kisses only, closed door isekai where she falls first, but he falls harder. Welcome to the world of Gem Vale.

My best friend's brother is a big, grumpy jerk.Now that Roman's sister - and my very favorite person on earth - is getting married, I'm being thrown into wedding planning with the fun-hating grouch.As if I don't see him enough at work, where he's my boss, or at home, where he's my landlord and roommate.I can't escape him, and, for some reason, he doesn't seem to want to escape me.It's almost as if under that prickly exterior he actually likes our grumpy-sunshine dynamic.Wild. Can't relate.He's salty, I'm sweet, and this wedding? Is going to be perfect.Sweet & Salty is a closed door romantic comedy with plenty of swoon and sizzle, but none of the spice. An addition to the EverStorm universe, it offers a hilarious blend of grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, and best friend's brother goodness.