THE GRUMP
Layla Hagen
Release Date: December 6
Available in Kindle Unlimited!
Layla Hagen
Release Date: December 6
Available in Kindle Unlimited!
I love my job. So when a grumpy grouch wants to shut us down, I’m ready for the fight of my life.
I was heading for serious career burnout until my dream job came true. Making pralines for a living has been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. So it comes as quite a shock when I find out that the owner wants to shut down the LeBlanc-Broussard confectionery because it’s not profitable.
My hope is that I can win him over. Once he realizes how integral the confectionery is to the city, to the very makeup of New Orleans he’s bound to agree, right?
Wrong.
Xander LeBlanc is a grump, and it’s questionable whether he has a heart at all! Though I’m ashamed to admit I was blindsided by how hot he is — definitely a 10+. Unfortunately, his personality is a zero. All he’s concerned about are profits and not the charitable work the business is known for.
But suddenly, Xander begins to show up at various events we sponsor. When he arrives at the children’s hospital where I hand out treats during the holiday season, I see an entirely new side to him when he starts playing The Grinch for the kids! When he takes me home later that evening things between us escalate. He confesses that he's been attracted to me from day one and let’s just say, the man has hot skills in bed.
But the inevitable closing of the confectionary still weighs heavy on my mind and I don’t know if I can separate the two. Can I love a man who wants to take away the only joy I have in life? But the bigger question is…
Can I melt the ice around his heart and find my way inside it for longer than a few nights?
I was heading for serious career burnout until my dream job came true. Making pralines for a living has been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. So it comes as quite a shock when I find out that the owner wants to shut down the LeBlanc-Broussard confectionery because it’s not profitable.
My hope is that I can win him over. Once he realizes how integral the confectionery is to the city, to the very makeup of New Orleans he’s bound to agree, right?
Wrong.
Xander LeBlanc is a grump, and it’s questionable whether he has a heart at all! Though I’m ashamed to admit I was blindsided by how hot he is — definitely a 10+. Unfortunately, his personality is a zero. All he’s concerned about are profits and not the charitable work the business is known for.
But suddenly, Xander begins to show up at various events we sponsor. When he arrives at the children’s hospital where I hand out treats during the holiday season, I see an entirely new side to him when he starts playing The Grinch for the kids! When he takes me home later that evening things between us escalate. He confesses that he's been attracted to me from day one and let’s just say, the man has hot skills in bed.
But the inevitable closing of the confectionary still weighs heavy on my mind and I don’t know if I can separate the two. Can I love a man who wants to take away the only joy I have in life? But the bigger question is…
Can I melt the ice around his heart and find my way inside it for longer than a few nights?
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MY REVIEW
Xander is the numbers man in the Leblanc family and corporation. That's why he wants to shut down the grandmothers' confectionary because it's in the red. And that's the wrong color for this numbers man. But when he meets Bailey, one of the two sisters who run the place, suddenly he's not thinking all about the business side. He's starting to see that the heart that their pralines are made with, the love they bring to everyone around them, from their walk-in customers all the way to the patients at the hospital they donate pralines and their time to, are what really matter. What's a Grinchey grump to do when he's met with a ray of sunshine? Find out if she's as sweet as her pralines, and open up his heart to the magic of the holidays and the possibility of love.
Xander and Bailey are so freaking sweet together and I didn't stop smiling the whole way through. Xander really didn't know what hit him from the minute he laid eyes on Bailey. I do so love it when grumpy meets sunshine and falls head over heels and doesn't even realize it until he's so far gone he couldn't possibly get away even if he wanted. Coupled with the sweetness of the holidays, the meddling of his grandmas and her sister - there's no way these two weren't going to fall in love this Christmas.
Meet Layla Hagen
My name is Layla Hagen and I am a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later. I write romantic stories and can’t wait to share them with the world. And I drink coffee.
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