Decked By The Grumpy Golem by Mary Auclair

Deck the halls? More like decked by my grumpy golem ex! I’m snowed in for Christmas with the man who broke my heart years ago. What could possibly go right?

I’m a bestselling author dealing with a terminal case of writer’s block. With my editor threatening to drop me and my deadline blown to smithereens, I’m hiding out in Saltford Bay for the holidays, pretending my life isn’t falling apart.
The last thing I need is to fall for Gideon Flintman and his six-foot-eight frame of carved granite and brooding silence all over again. You’d think I’d learned my lesson when he disappeared from my life without explanation the morning after prom.
You’d be wrong.
When a blizzard traps us together, the heat between us burns hotter than his golem fire. Every kiss threatens to melt my resolve, and every touch reminds me why I fell so hard the first time.
Now I have to choose: return to my safe, lonely life, or risk everything on the man who taught me that some heartbreaks never heal.
This Christmas, can a grumpy golem and a sunshine mess rewrite the ending?

A cozy, steamy small-town monster romance with a guaranteed HEA. Tropes: second chance, snowed-in, grumpy × sunshine, one bed, writer heroine, golem hero.

Welcome to Saltford Bay, where monsters are real, neighbors are nosy, and true love comes with claws. Perfect for fans of Ruby Dixon’s monster romances and Lucy Score’s small-town romances.
Each book in the Monsters of Saltford Bay series can be read as a standalone. This cozy and steamy small town romance story is low angst, funny and full of sexy, grumpy monsters with tusks and hearts of gold. Intended for mature readers.