Eloise and the Grump Next Door

Oakley Island Romcoms, Book 1

De: Emma St. Clair, Jenny Proctor

Narrado por: Stephanie Rose, Rock Engle

I’m not sure which is worse: the lawyer handling my grandmother’s estate or the attack pelican living on the screened-in porch. Just kidding—I’ll take the pelican any day.

After graduation, I thought I’d be off to grad school, doing research on my favorite poet. Instead, I’m renovating my late grandmother’s home and posting about the process on Instagram. Talk about a detour…

But here I am. 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. 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.

But the longer I stay on Oakley Island, the more I feel a connection to my childhood and to my grandmother. This isn’t the life I dreamed of, but dreams can change. Especially when new dreams include a future with Jake. On the outside, he might be pricklier than a puffer fish, but I catch glimpses of a delicious, cinnamon roll center.

Did I mention the tattoos he hides underneath those crisp button-down shirts? Yowza.

When I’m suddenly presented with the academic opportunity of my dreams (former dreams?), my picturesque life on Oakley starts to unravel.

A part of me wants to stay. 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. 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. Each book will have sizzling chemistry but no spice.

©2022 Emma St. Clair and Jenny Proctor (P)2023 Podium Audio

Narration was very stilted.

I love these two authors, but the book did drag on a bit. Still. I'm excited for the next book in the series.

Cute

Cute story. The love story was cute. Sisters were great. The bird was great. it was a funny twist.

Loved it!

It was one of those books you can’t stop listening too. You fall asleep too. Hope they come out with Merritt’s story soon!

Cute story, poor performance- forced.

Predictable. Cute storyline with some strong girl attitude and charm. Narration was the worst I’ve heard in a long time. It has potential but fell flat.

Cute - more for a young adult

It was OK. More for a teen or very young adult. Ending was weird. If there is a sequel, it’s not interesting enough to capture my attention enough to want to find out.
The storyline moved slowly and repeated the same thing.

Finally a love story with out smut

Great listen and didn’t have to censor any when grandkids happened to be around. Leaves open doors at end for sequel

“I’ll take the pelican any day.”

Lo and Jake’s banter is fantastic from the moment they meet. The narrators did an amazing job bringing this story to life, there were many moments that had me laughing out loud.

I loved the way the story developed and we see Lo and Jake’s relationship grow, like Gran was meddling from above.

Too “G” rated! cute story

The couple had chemistry so thinking they should have explored that more. Women reader was not the best especially her make voice. I liked it enough to want to listen to the next one just wish they had gotten another women to read!

Great Story - Not so regarding the narrators

I definitely loved the story but wish I could say the same for the narrators.

So funny!

I listened to the audio version of this book. The dual narrations by Rock Engle and Stephanie Rose were good, but that of Rose was a little overly dramatic for me. It was still very fun to listen to.

The story of Eloise and Jake is an enemies to lovers and age gap tropes story. It takes place on Oakley Island where Eloise and her sisters inherit property that according to the will, they must update and convert to a B&B. Eloise is tagged to stay and get things underway, because her life is kind of on hold. She discovers that she is going to be overseen by the grump that lives next door. He's a hot grump, but a grump none the less.

This is just a hilarious story. I loved the pelican, but my favorite scene had to be the one in which Jake (the grump) rescues Eloise from the ocean. I'm sure the narration made this even better than the book!