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BOOKWORM REVIEW: The Gossip and The Grump by Pippa Grant


RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
SPICE: 🔥🔥

This series seems to be the gift that keeps on giving, and I am here for it.

"Duke" and "Duchess" were two individuals searching for some emotional refuge while in Hawaii. In fact, Duchess came to his rescue when unwanted attention refused to take a hint. An instant connection was formed that led to more spicy activities.

Duchess AKA Sabrina ghosts her mysterious one-night stand and heads back to her small town. There she has to deal with the fallout of the Hawaiian wedding that never happened between her best friend Emma and cousin Chandler. Emma jilted her groom-to-be after she found out that Chandler was responsible for her brother going to jail when they were younger. Sabrina has carried this secret with her for a long time, and Emma was upset that Sabrina did not come clean. To add insult to injury, her evil cousin Chandler sold her family's cafe..and her new boss is coming to town.

It turns out the new man-in-charge is her mysterious Hawaiian fling, and Greyson is not too pleased with her. But he is not letting the woman who has captured his attention distract him from completing his mission: to make Chandler pay. Buying his family's cafe was step one, and destroying it was step two. Unfortunately, Sabrina is standing in his way and he cannot seem to resist her.

This read was brilliant! I love the great balance of comedy, tension, romance, and small-town love. The chemistry between Greyson and Sabrina was immediate, and it just continued building organically as we read through. The spice was not as predominant as I would have liked, but that takes so little from the overall read. 

I adore the community they have in Snaggletooth. The side characters create so much fun for the read, and they are so endearing (except for Chandler) that you will absolutely want the best for them.

This is the second book in the series, and while characters from the previous book do play a significant role, this can be read as a standalone.

Whatever you do, DO NOT SLEEP ON THE EPILOGUE. It is hilarious and fantastic.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Pippa Grant and Give Me Books Promotions for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

He's the last man I should've picked for a one night stand...

See that guy over there? The insanely tall, broad-shouldered, dark-haired, scowling, “I don’t drink coffee” suit?

Surprise! He’s the new owner of my family’s mountain café.

The café that has been my life purpose since I was born in the kitchen there almost thirty years ago.

The café that he’s planning to completely gut and renovate for revenge against my family.

He’s also the funny, charming, irresistible guy I spilled all of my secrets to last week.

During the hottest one-night stand of my life.

As my dog would say, woof me.

Secrets and gossip keep getting me in trouble, and I swore I was done with both, but now my family’s café is on the line.

It’s time to use every last trick I know to uncover every secret this man is hiding.

I don’t care how much I liked him our first night together, or how much I keep seeing glimpses of that man beneath his gruff exterior.

One of us has to go.

It won’t be me.

The Gossip & The Grump is a one night stand to enemies to lovers romcom featuring a woman desperately trying to unlearn everything she knows about everyone, a grumpy misfit hiding a secret heart of gold, an unfortunate incident with powdered cheese, and the world’s biggest lap puppy. It stands alone, but you wouldn’t go wrong to read The Worst Wedding Date first.


MEET PIPPA GRANT

Pippa Grant is a USA Today Bestselling author who writes romantic comedies that will make tears run down your leg. When she's not reading, writing or sleeping, she's being crowned employee of the month as a stay-at-home mom and housewife trying to prepare her adorable demon spawn to be productive members of society, all the while fantasizing about long walks on the beach with hot chocolate chip cookies.

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