A Grump Worth Loving
Clara Foster
- Ember
- QuinnEmber
- Quinn
- never
- planned
- on
- returning
- to
- Cedar
- Valley,
- but
- life
- had
- other
- ideas.
- Once
- ambitious
- and
- thriving
- in
- the
- city,
- she's
- now
- bruised
- by
- failure—her
- career
- in
- shambles,
- her
- relationship
- wrecked,
- and
- her
- future
- uncertain.
- Independent
- and
- determined,
- Ember
- isn't
- the
- type
- to
- ask
- for
- help,
- but
- restoring
- her
- late
- aunt's
- bookstore
- forces
- her
- to
- confront
- both
- her
- past
- and
- her
- vulnerabilities.
- Beneath
- her
- resilience,
- she
- carries
- a
- deep
- longing
- for
- belonging,
- for
- purpose,
- and
- maybe
- even
- for
- the
- love
- she
- once
- thought
- was
- out
- of
- reach.Thorne
- AdlerThorne
- Adler
- has
- always
- been
- a
- man
- of
- few
- words,
- content
- to
- let
- his
- work
- speak
- for
- him.
- Rugged,
- brooding,
- and
- fiercely
- protective,
- he's
- built
- walls
- around
- himself
- higher
- than
- the
- ones
- he
- constructs
- for
- a
- living.
- A
- single
- father
- with
- a
- construction
- business
- to
- run,
- Thorne
- has
- no
- patience
- for
- complications—and
- Ember
- Quinn
- is
- exactly
- that.
- She's
- a
- reminder
- of
- the
- past,
- of
- feelings
- he
- thought
- he'd
- buried.
- But
- beneath
- his
- gruff
- exterior
- lies
- a
- man
- who
- cares
- deeply,
- even
- if
- he
- refuses
- to
- show it.
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