If only a certain tattooed grump didn’t seem so determined to send me away … Eloise and The Grump Next Door is a grumpy sunshine, closed door romantic comedy. When I’m suddenly presented with the academic opportunity of my dreams (former dreams?), my picturesque life on Oakley starts to unravel. Did I mention the tattoos he hides underneath those crisp button-down shirts? Yowza. On the outside, he might be pricklier than a puffer fish, but I catch glimpses of a delicious, cinnamon roll center. Especially when new dreams include a future with Jake. This isn’t the life I dreamed of, but dreams can change. But the longer I stay on Oakley Island, the more I feel a connection to my childhood and to my grandmother. It doesn’t help that the night Jake and I met, I got a little tipsy, and he had to carry me back to my hotel. Turning Gran’s beach house into a bed and breakfast-a process that would be a lot easier if I didn’t have to deal with the grumpy lawyer living next door. Instead, I’m renovating my late grandmother’s home and posting about the process on Instagram.

After graduation, I thought I’d be off to grad school, doing research on my favorite poet. Just kidding-I’ll take the pelican any day. Each book will have sizzling chemistry but no spice.I’m not sure which is worse-the lawyer handling my grandmother’s estate or the attack pelican living on the screened-in porch. The Oakley Island Romcom series follows three very different sisters as they renovate the house they inherited and find love on the island along the way. If only a certain tattooed grump didn’t seem so determined to send me away…Įloise and The Grump Next Door is a grumpy sunshine, closed door romantic comedy. When I’m suddenly presented with the academic opportunity of my dreams (former dreams?), my picturesque life on Oakley starts to unravel.Ī part of me wants to stay.

On the outside, he might be pricklier than a puffer fish, but I catch glimpses of a delicious, cinnamon roll center.ĭid I mention the tattoos he hides underneath those crisp button-down shirts? Yowza. It doesn’t help that the night Jake and I met, I got a little tipsy, and he had to carry me back to my hotel.īut the longer I stay on Oakley Island, the more I feel a connection to my childhood and to my grandmother. Turning Gran’s beach house into a bed and breakfast a process that would be a lot easier if I didn’t have to deal with the grumpy lawyer living next door.

Just kidding-I’ll take the pelican any day.Īfter graduation, I thought I’d be off to grad school, doing research on my favorite poet. I’m not sure which is worse: the lawyer handling my grandmother’s estate or the attack pelican living on the screened-in porch.

Eloise and the grump next door