Stuck With The Grumpy Contractor
(2026)(A book in the Anchored Hearts of Tidehaven series)
A novel by Violet McBride
I came back to Tidehaven to sell my parents'' beach house.
Then a coastal storm knocks out my power and leaves me stuck next door with the grumpy contractor who’s hated me for years.
Jack Wilder is tall, handsome, annoyingly muscular, and far too protective for a man who claims he can’t stand me.
He also seems determined to fix everything I never asked him to touch.
My dangerous porch steps.
My broken swing.
And, if I’m not careful, the heart I swore I’d never risk again.
I’m a widow. I already had my happily-ever-after. Starting over isn’t part of the plan.
Neither is taking refuge in Jack’s house, sharing candlelit confessions, or discovering the man I thought despised me might understand what it means to hold on to the past for too long.
One stormy night changes everything.
Now the house I came to sell is starting to feel like home again—and the grumpy contractor next door is becoming dangerously hard to leave behind.
I came to Tidehaven with a plan.
Sell the house. Leave the memories. Move on.
But Jack Wilder makes me wonder if home—and love—can happen twice.
Stuck With the Grumpy Contractor is a clean, small-town romance featuring a widowed heroine, a protective grumpy contractor, enemies-to-lovers banter, forced proximity during a storm, next-door neighbors, emotional healing, and a heart-melting second chance at love.
Genre: Romance
Then a coastal storm knocks out my power and leaves me stuck next door with the grumpy contractor who’s hated me for years.
Jack Wilder is tall, handsome, annoyingly muscular, and far too protective for a man who claims he can’t stand me.
He also seems determined to fix everything I never asked him to touch.
My dangerous porch steps.
My broken swing.
And, if I’m not careful, the heart I swore I’d never risk again.
I’m a widow. I already had my happily-ever-after. Starting over isn’t part of the plan.
Neither is taking refuge in Jack’s house, sharing candlelit confessions, or discovering the man I thought despised me might understand what it means to hold on to the past for too long.
One stormy night changes everything.
Now the house I came to sell is starting to feel like home again—and the grumpy contractor next door is becoming dangerously hard to leave behind.
I came to Tidehaven with a plan.
Sell the house. Leave the memories. Move on.
But Jack Wilder makes me wonder if home—and love—can happen twice.
Stuck With the Grumpy Contractor is a clean, small-town romance featuring a widowed heroine, a protective grumpy contractor, enemies-to-lovers banter, forced proximity during a storm, next-door neighbors, emotional healing, and a heart-melting second chance at love.
Genre: Romance
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