The Grumpy Roommate Gamble (Heroes of Huckleberry Creek Book 1)

✅ opposites attract

✅ forced proximity

✅ military

✅ small town

Fresh off deployment, grumpy contractor Gabe returns to Huckleberry Creek and finds his high school crush standing in his hallway in nothing but a towel—thanks to his matchmaking grandmother renting out his house. Forced into an accidental roommates situation, Gabe tries to keep things friendly, but shared dinners, stolen glances, and cozy nights make resisting sunshine-bright Felicity impossible. She’s the dream he never dared to chase…until now.

✅ best friend's sister

✅ fake relationship

✅ military

✅ small town

Battle-hardened soldier Clint can survive anything—except returning home and facing Austen MacAvoy, his best friend’s little sister and the woman he’s loved in secret for years. When a messy wedding and a too-close-for-comfort ex force Austen to need a fake boyfriend, Clint steps in, determined to keep it temporary. But the more time they spend pretending, the more impossible it becomes to deny that this might be his one real shot at forever.

✅ fake engagement

✅ friends to lovers

✅ military

✅ small town

When he returns from deployment, the last thing he expects is to discover his best friend Tate has told the whole town they’re engaged—just to save their landscaping business. What starts as a harmless PR move spirals fast, complete with an engagement party, a very public kiss, and living together while pretending to plan a wedding. But as fake feelings turn dangerously real, he risks losing far more than the business—he could lose the woman he’s already fallen in love with.