Grumpy Dad, Real Sunshine
(2026)(The second book in the Small Town Hockey Romance series)
A novel by Piper Sullivan
☀️🔥A sunshiney grad student becomes nanny to a grumpy single dad hockey player in this spicy forced-proximity rom-com🏒🌶️
All I needed was a paycheck to cover tuition.Instead, I got a nanny gig caring for the cutest kid ever, and her impossibly hot, infuriatingly grumpy, hockey‑star dad.
Cal Benson. Defenseman, devoted single father, and a brooding wall of muscle who somehow makes "responsible dad mode" look hot.
Between juggling classes, student loans, and a dangerous addiction to Cal’s woodsy cologne, I’m determined to keep things professional.
Then a freak accident left me injured and living in his guest room.
His offer? Stay as long as I need and help with Noelle when I can.
Simple enough… until a family birthday party, where he introduces me as his Ginger.
Until late‑night pizza on the couch, his grumpy walls down, and he gives me that soft, secret smile.
Until I realize his protective instincts and gentle touches aren't just about being nice.
And then I made the worst mistake possible.
I fell head over crutches for my kind, gorgeous, completely off-limits boss.
Genre: Romance