The Grump Next Door

By: Kendall Ryan

Narrated by: Robert Hatchet, Rose Dioro

One guest house. One week. One slow-burn disaster waiting to happen.

Dean Whitaker has zero interest in weddings, fairy lights, or the perky woman currently turning his guest house into a scented-candle crime scene.

He’s a divorce attorney. He thrives on prenups, logic, and not getting glitter on his suits.

Poppy Monroe is a wedding planner with a checklist for everything—except how to survive living next door to a hot, brooding, tightly wound lawyer—aka the groom’s brother.

They’re opposites in every way—except for the undeniable chemistry neither of them wants to talk about.

Their mission: survive one week of wedding chaos.

Her vibe: sunshine and glitter pens.
His vibe: whiskey and restraint.

Opposites attract. Then they combust.

©2025 Kendall Ryan (P)2025 Kendall Ryan

Love it!

Liked it all! Love HEA without too much agony to get there. Especially loved the epilogues! ❤️

Poppy and Dean

Great narration!

I enjoyed every single page of Poppy & Dean's story. Every. Single. Page.

Well-written, fun, funny, witty, compelling characters.

Poppy's a little bit chaos, and she's a wedding planner. Dean is a buttoned up divorce attorney who thinks he already missed his shot at happily ever after. There's a dog who knows who she loves and a goat that just brings the entertainment factor.

It's very fast paced - the entirety of the first 39 chapters happens in 2 weeks of Poppy & Dean time.

I absolutely adored this one. Total feel-good vibes.

Sweet Scale: 5/5
Spicy Scale: 2.5/5

Cute story

Funny situations that bring out the grumpiness more. Not a lot of angst a small separation. The ending and the epilogues were perfect. The narrators were great,too.