
When Grumpy Met Sunshine
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Emily Spowage
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Charlotte Stein
About this listen
A steamy, opposites-attract romance with undeniable chemistry between a grumpy retired footballer and his fabulous and very sunshine-y ghostwriter.
When grumpy ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets badgered into selling his memoirs, he knows he’s never going to be able to write them. He hates revealing a single thing about himself, is allergic to most emotions, and can’t imagine doing a good job of putting pen to paper.
And so in walks curvy, cheery, cute as heck ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, who knows just how to sunshine and sass her way into getting every little detail out of Alfie. They banter and bicker their way to writing his life story, both of them sure they’ll never be anything other than at odds.
But after their business arrangement is mistaken for a budding romance, the pair have to pretend to be an item for a public who’s ravenous for more of this Cinderella story. Or at least, it feels like it’s pretend—until each slow burn step in their fake relationship sparks a heat neither can control. Now they just have to decide: is this sizzling chemistry just for show? Or something so real it might just give them their fairytale ending?
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.
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Critic reviews
“The queen of delicious pining returns! This book is a hilarious and modern Cinderella story that feels like eating warm chocolate cake. I loved the secretly sweet but grouchy hero, the fabulous yet relatable heroine, and the proper northern perspective. Charlotte Stein is a must-buy author.”—New York Times bestselling author Talia Hibbert
"Charlotte Stein is sui generis as an author in all the most delightful ways. Her romances are funny as hell, absurdly hot, full of sincere emotion, and overflowing with endless imagination—but best of all, her authorial voice is entirely unique. Her books are her, down to their bones, and there’s no mistaking her writing for anyone else’s. When Grumpy Met Sunshine is the perfect example of how she can take a simple, fun premise—surly footballer meets sunny ghost writer tackling his memoirs—and make it entirely her own, mining it for all its absurdity, humor, knee-melting heat, and heartache. In short: If you want to know why Stein’s work helped inspire me to begin writing, look no further than this book. I can’t wait for legions of new readers to discover her stories.”—Olivia Dade, author of Spoiler Alert
“This book had me grinning like a fool from the first chapter. I’ve read a lot of grumps but Alfie—who lists among his hobbies—not being spoken to—takes the cake as THE ULTIMATE grump—the most charming, most likely to have a gooey inner center, most gone for the glorious sunshine heroine from the jump. I hope romance readers are ready, because I don’t think anyone has ever delivered on a slow burn quite like this.”—Rosie Danan, bestselling author of The Roommate
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Karl and Molly were never together. There was a time, right after high school, where it seemed like they might finally cross the line from friends to lovers…but instead, a foolish misunderstanding meant they never spoke again. Molly went to LA and got married. Karl stayed in Harlot’s Bay and bought a bakery. The only connection the pair has shared over the years is painfully one-sided: Now divorced, Molly narrates monster romance audiobooks, and Karl is an ever-diligent listener, clinging to his only piece of the one that got away.
By: Olivia Dade
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On the Plus Side
- A Novel
- By: Jenny L. Howe
- Narrated by: Zura Johnson
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That’s why she’s still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she’s crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can’t reject you or insist you’re too much. This plan is working perfectly until someone secretly nominates Everly for the next season of On the Plus Side.
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I wanted to like this but
- By Todd on 10-01-24
By: Jenny L. Howe
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Zomromcom
- By: Olivia Dade
- Narrated by: Joy Nash
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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When Edie Brandstrup attempts to save her sweet, seemingly harmless human neighbor from the first major zombie breach in two decades, she’s stunned to be saved by him—and his ridiculously large sword—instead. As it turns out, he's actually a super-old, super-surly vampire. But for all her neighbor's newly revealed cynicism and lethality, Gaston "Max" Boucher (yes, Gaston) is unexpectedly protective. He wants her to stay in his safety bunker until the breach is resolved. Edie can’t risk more innocent people getting killed, though—and Max won’t let her save them alone.
By: Olivia Dade
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Spoiler Alert
- A Novel
- By: Olivia Dade
- Narrated by: Isabelle Ruther
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. The world may know him as Aeneas, star of the biggest show on television, but fanfiction readers call him something else: Book!AeneasWouldNever. Marcus gets out his frustrations with the show through anonymous stories about the internet’s favorite couple, Aeneas and Lavinia. But if anyone discovered his online persona, he’d be finished in Hollywood.
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So GOOD!
- By Romancebookgal on 01-09-21
By: Olivia Dade
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All's Fair in Love and War
- A Novel (Miss Prentice's Protegees, Book 1)
- By: Virginia Heath
- Narrated by: Eva Feiler, Shane East
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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When Harry Kincaid’s flighty older sister decides to join her husband on an Egyptian expedition, Harry, a former naval captain, is left in the lurch, minding her three unruly children and giant, mad dog. But Harry has a busy career at the Admiralty that requires all his attention, and he has no clue how to manage the little rascals or when his sister is coming back. In desperation, he goes to Miss Prentice’s School for Young Ladies prepared to pay whatever it takes to hire an emergency governess quick sharp to ensure everything in his formerly ordered house is run shipshape again.
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Throughly enjoyable
- By Amazon Customer on 04-23-25
By: Virginia Heath
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Dealing with a Desperate Demon
- A Novel
- By: Charlotte Stein
- Narrated by: Yael Rizowy
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Nancy has just about given up on finding her special person when Jack Jackson—big, scary and the town loser—walks into her bookstore. He’s apparently even more desperate for help in the romance department than she is. And after a bit of gentle persuasion, he finally accepts her guidance in securing his dream girl. Practice dates, lessons in tenderness—you name it, she can teach it. There’s just one problem: his dream girl might have more than an issue with his dating skills.
By: Charlotte Stein
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Do Your Worst
- By: Rosie Danan
- Narrated by: Shane East, Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family’s knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she’s hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she's pleasantly surprised to meet a handsome stranger upon arrival—until he tries to get her fired. Fresh off a professional scandal, Clark Edgeware can’t allow a self-proclaimed “curse breaker” to threaten his last chance for redemption. After he fails to get Riley kicked off his survey site, he vows to avoid her. Unfortunately for him, she vows to get even.
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Not that kind of cozy
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-06-24
By: Rosie Danan
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The Next Best Fling
- By: Gabriella Gamez
- Narrated by: Ruby Corazon
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Librarian Marcela Ortiz has been secretly in love with her best friend for years—and when he gets engaged, she knows it’s long past time to move on. But before she gets the chance, she has a bigger problem to contend with in the form of Theo Young, ex-NFL player and older brother of the man she’s in love with. When she discovers Theo's plans to confess his feelings for his brother’s fiancée at their engagement party, Marcela is quick to stop him—despite how tempting it is to let him run away with the bride-to-be.
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Surprisingly good.
- By Lillian L Cisneros on 07-14-24
By: Gabriella Gamez
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Lovelight Farms
- By: B.K. Borison
- Narrated by: Pippa Jayne
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A pasture of dead trees, a hostile takeover of the Santa barn by a family of raccoons, and shipments that have mysteriously gone missing—Lovelight Farms is not the magical winter wonderland of Stella Bloom’s dreams. In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm she’s loved since she was a kid, she enters a contest with instafamous influencer Evelyn St. James. With the added publicity and the $100,000 cash prize, she might just be able to save the farm from its financial woes. There’s just one problem.
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Sweet story with characters that come to life
- By smuttyaudiophile on 02-02-23
By: B.K. Borison
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Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks
- The Curvy Girl Club, Book 1
- By: Kelsie Stelting
- Narrated by: Joyce
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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I’m a big girl, “plus-sized”, whatever. I’m sick of hearing about it, especially since my doctor diagnosed me with PCOS. So when mean girl Merritt shot her mouth off about how fat people should just lose weight, I couldn’t take it anymore. And now I’ve got a huge problem. To prove curvy girls like me can get happily-ever-afters too, I have to get our school’s quarterback, Beckett Langley, to take me to homecoming. And he doesn’t know I even exist. But it’s not hopeless. Four other girls just like me are willing to help, because enough is enough.
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Curvy Girls
- By CJ on 10-14-22
By: Kelsie Stelting
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Only When It's Us
- Bergman Brothers, Book 1
- By: Chloe Liese
- Narrated by: CJ Bloom, Nelson Hobbs
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since she sat next to me in class and gave me death eyes, Willa Sutter's been on my shit list. Why she hates me, I don't know. What I do know is that Willa is the kind of chaos I don't need in my tidy life. She's the next generation of women's soccer. Wild hair, wilder eyes. Bee-stung lips that should be illegal. And a temper that makes the devil seem friendly. She's a thorn in my side, a menacing, cantankerous pain-in-the-ass who's turned our business mathematics course into a goddamn gladiator arena. I'll leave this war zone unscathed, coming out on top....
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circles
- By Amazing on 06-27-24
By: Chloe Liese
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The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
- A Novel
- By: Ally Carter
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Zachary Webber
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt: She’s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. He’s Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts. He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she’s told him otherwise.) But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself.
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Third person story with very little Zachary Webber
- By Taylor Blaine on 12-09-24
By: Ally Carter
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Rein Me In
- The Cowboys of Night Hawk, Book 1
- By: Kayla Grosse
- Narrated by: Desiree Ketchum, Grayson Owens
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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BLAKE TANNER never thought she'd return to her hometown after her brother Reed died in a tragic accident. But when her mom gets injured, she comes home to help out on her family's ranch. Now, she can't hide from the grief, the people, or the guilt that she's been running from. GAVIN MONTGOMERY didn't plan for his life to be this way. He didn't ask to be stuck with a pile of debt, the responsibility of a failing family business, or a little brother with a drinking problem.
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Just okay
- By Ronald on 11-06-24
By: Kayla Grosse
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If You Hate Me
- By: Helena Hunting
- Narrated by: Connor Crais, CJ Bloom
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Tristan Stiles is the bane of my existence. He never wears a shirt. We can’t seem to stop fighting. He’s an arrogant playboy with a filthy reputation. Sure, I had a crush on him when I was fourteen but that was a long time ago. I know better than to trust him. I just need to survive long enough to find a new job and get a new place. And not accidentally let Tristan show me exactly how well-deserved his reputation is.
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loved rix and tristan
- By Vanessa @nessreads on 04-07-24
By: Helena Hunting
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Savor It
- A Spunes Novel
- By: Tarah DeWitt
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Zachary Webber
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Sage Byrd has lived in the coastal town of Spunes, Oregon (not to be confused with Forks, Washington) her entire life. She's learned to love her small world, with the misfit animals on her hobby farm, and her friendships with the town’s inhabitants. But when her 5-year relationship ends and her ex, town-golden-boy Ian, suddenly gets engaged, Sage needs a win—something that will convince everyone to stop pitying her all the time, and to put Ian in his place. The Festival of Spunes, the town’s annual summer competition, would be the perfect opportunity. She just needs a partner.
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Delightful
- By Claire on 07-11-24
By: Tarah DeWitt
Beautiful Story
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Thank you.
Yes, even me!
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Might be better to read unsure but listening , all the online socials commentary was unpleasant to follow.
I fast forwarded a lot.
But the overall story was adorable.
cute
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Maybe it's that I relate to Mabel's internal thoughts and blindness to how others could see her differently than she saw herself! *gasp*! lol or maybe I just happened to be in the right mindset to absorb this cutesy romcom. I loved it and let it take me along for the ride! Their fake relationship was fun and so obviously not fake. I loved how Mabel could pull info out of Alfie and his willingness to share the truth with her once he trusted she wasn't lying to him. Their complexities were completely relatable to me and while miscommunication occurs, it's not in the typical style... they get in their own way and don't believe the truth which causes their miscommunication.
Regardless, this was satisfying and the sexual tension was *chefs kiss* beautifully teasing.
I easily could have seen this with a couple more chapters getting further with the memoir and more spice... Maybe I just wanted more from them because I loved them! Anyway, I do wish we got more of the memoir story-writing and a longer ending with cute moments. I was irritated with how we got to the ending but fine with the end result...
4/5 for performance: The end of chapter texts/notes/emails threw me off at first and were hard to track who was saying what. Sometimes I couldn't quite tell who was speaking because the narrator had the slightest inflection change between Alfie and Mabel. Otherwise, beautiful and funny!
Cute Feels Throughout
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welcome back!
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Just wow!!
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Obsessed Roy Kent vibes
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adorkable
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Steamy, endearing story, awesome narrator.
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Fun story
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