From Grumpy to Forever: A Grumpy/Sunshine Marriage of Convenience Small Town Romance (Trickle Creek: The Lyons Book 1)

Some inheritances come with strings attached — this one comes with a ring.

When Trickle Creek's beloved Tamarack Inn lands in her lap, she's ready to roll up her sleeves and restore it to its former glory. There's just one impossible condition buried in her grandmother's will: she has to be married to keep it. Enter Reid Lyons — the most talented carpenter in town and, without question, the most infuriating man she has ever met. He's all crossed arms and clipped sentences, and he looks at her sunshine optimism like it personally offends him.

But Reid has dreams of his own, and she's willing to help him launch his woodworking business in exchange for his expert skills and a temporary last name. Six months. A signed contract. Separate lives under one roof. It should be simple.

It is anything but.

As they work side by side to resurrect the historic inn, something unexpected starts taking shape between them — something far more complicated than sawdust and spreadsheets. She chips away at his walls the same way he restores her crumbling walls: carefully, deliberately, and with far too much skill. The grumpy loner of Trickle Creek is hiding a heart she never anticipated, and the more she sees of it, the more she fears their contract has an expiration date she's no longer ready to honor.

What happens when a fake marriage starts feeling dangerously, wonderfully real?