I’m trying to simplify my life. Turns out I’m one text away from trouble. “SOS.” The text was supposed to go to my best friend.
One quick code word so she would call with a fake emergency and get me out of the worst first date in recorded history. Instead, my thick fingers text him. My brother’s best friend. Mr.
Grumpy himself. The man who’s spent years grumbling about how much trouble I get myself into. Lately, I’ve been trying to simplify my life. Less noise. Less scrolling.
Less time glued to a screen while real life passes me by. Trading my smartphone for an outdated flip phone seemed like a good start. Until one wrong number puts me directly in his path.
And like clockwork, he shows up to help me out of the pickle I’ve gotten myself into. Only this time, he looks at me like he’s fighting every dirty thought in his head—and losing.
Turns out disconnecting from technology is a whole lot easier than resisting the spark between us.
But if I follow that spark, am I walking straight into the biggest mistake of my life… or finally noticing the man who’s had my back all along?
A small town, grumpy, x sunshine, brother’s best friend, protective blue-collar cinnamon roll alpha, rom-com romance.
