Grumpy's Secret Crush: A Small Town, Grumpy Billionaire Romance

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13 Lakes Publishing, Feb 6, 2026 - Fiction

Phoebe: Crashing my ATV during the "blizzard of the century" wasn't on my Tuesday to-do list. Neither was getting rescued by Evander MacLaine—my grumpy billionaire neighbor who I've been secretly crushing on since I was twelve.

Now we're trapped in a wilderness cabin, and he's looking at me like I might actually matter to him.

Evander: I have three rules: Don't get attached. Don't date neighbors. Don't fall for sunshine- sweet nurses who bake cookies for the whole town.

Phoebe Travis is about to shatter every single one.

After I pull her from that snowbank, we're stuck together until the storm passes. She says she's loved me forever. I say she's delirious from the cold.

But when her warm smile starts melting my frozen heart, I'm wondering who's really been living in the deep freeze all along.

Sometimes it takes a blizzard to heat things up.

“Elise Sax belongs on every bookshelf.” –Melissa Foster

“Elise Sax will win your heart.” –Jill Shalvis

 

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About the author (2026)

Elise Sax writes hilarious happy endings. She worked as a journalist, mostly in Paris, France for many years but always wanted to write fiction. Finally, she decided to go for her dream and write a novel. She was thrilled when An Affair to Dismember, the first in the Matchmaker Mysteries series, was sold at auction.

Elise is an overwhelmed single mother of two boys in Southern California. She's an avid traveler, a swing dancer, an occasional piano player, and an online shopping junkie.

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