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Prepare to be utterly charmed by "The Single Dad’s Guide to Recreation," a delightful small-town romance with the quirky, heartwarming vibes of Schitt’s Creek and Parks and Rec. Karen Grey delivers an engaging, funny, and entertaining story that balances heavy themes with laugh-out-loud moments and sizzling chemistry.
Book Description
At least I didn’t fall on my patootie.
That’s what I keep telling myself when the box of supplies I’m carrying crashes to the floor. When the sexiest man in a suit to set foot in my place of employment finds me scrounging on the ground for markers and gluesticks. When he holds out a hand to help me to my feet, and his touch sends a shiver through me, just like in the movies.
It’s only when he shows up to the toddler class I teach that I learn how wrong we are for each other.
He’s more stoic than the statue of our town’s founder; I cry at commercials. He’s moved upstate from Manhattan; I returned to my small town roots after my big city relationship fell apart. He’s a grieving widower with two adorable kids; there’s a ninety-nine point nine percent chance that I’ll never be a mother.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s his job to cut my mother’s legacy program?
Despite all this, the only thing keeping our hands off of each other is a total lack of privacy.
Despite all this, he’s got me dreaming of something I told myself I’d given up a family of my own.
Despite all this, it’s apparently my job to welcome him to Climax.
do not read this book unless you
❤️Buttoned-up heroes who are silly with their kids
❤️Sunshiny, Cinderelly heroines
❤️Nosy, interfering, small town bureaucrats
❤️Possibly magical HEA-predicting clock towers
❤️Romantic weekend getaways with Forced Proximity Smexy times
❤️Parks and Rec and Schitt’s Creek vibes
About Karen Grey
KAREN GREY is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of vintage romantic comedies with smart heroines and hunky heroes. Drawing on a long career as a performer, her retro 80's and 90's romances are populated with characters working both on- and off-stage in theater, TV and film.
She's a lifelong omnivorous reader (including 20 years as an audiobook narrator). When not reading or writing, she's lounging at the beach or hiking in the mountains. Or dreaming about both with an IPA in hand and a dog or a cat nearby.
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My Thoughts
Avery is the quintessential "Cinderelly" heroine—a sunshiny facilitator of a parent-toddler playgroup, a live-in caregiver for her aging parents, and an underappreciated pillar of her community. Her life in the small town of Climax takes a chaotic turn when a giant tech corporation sets up its headquarters, putting her mother's legacy program on the chopping block.
Enter Josh, a handsome, buttoned-up widower who is the very definition of a stoic hero—at least until you see him get silly with his two adorable kids. As the team leader for the new corporate partnership, it's his job to assess Avery's program. Their first meeting is a rom-com classic, involving dropped glue sticks, an electric touch, and Avery trying not to fall on her patootie. Despite the sparks, they seem fundamentally wrong for each other. He's a grieving single dad from Manhattan; she's a small-town girl nursing a broken heart and the belief that she’ll never be a mother.
Yet, amidst meddling family, nosy bureaucrats, and a possibly magical HEA-predicting clock tower, Avery and Josh find themselves irresistibly drawn to one another. Their baggage threatens to create a chasm, but forced proximity on a romantic weekend getaway leads to some seriously steamy moments. Grey writes frankly about challenging topics like spousal loss, parental caregiving, and betrayal without ever dipping into maudlin territory. She masterfully shows how this perfect-for-each-other pair navigates their imperfections to find a future together.
The audiobook experience is simply off the charts. Narrators Carly Robins and Grayson Owens do a fabulous job bringing these characters to life. Their performances capture every nuance of Avery's sunny disposition and Josh's quiet depth, elevating an already wonderful story into a must-listen experience. If you love a heartfelt, open-door romance filled with humor and heat, you must welcome yourself to Climax.
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