Cat's Review of Melting His Grumpy Heart: A grumpy/sunshine, snowed-in Christmas MM romance by Ali Ryecart @aliryecartauthor @neonrainbowarcreviews @tammystwocents X- @TTCBooksandmore

Gruff and grumpy meets sunshine and smiles. Stranded in a lonely farmhouse, sparks flare then soften as winter’s longest night draws them closer. 

Trapped by the snow, can sunshine and a solstice sunrise melt the grump’s icy heart?

Alone in his isolated farmhouse, ex‑soldier Jake Whitby lives by three simple rules: no attachments, no complications, no risks. But when a blizzard strands Ru Parker on his doorstep, the grumpy recluse finds himself stuck with a sunshine storm in human form.

Jake resists the intrusion, but Ru’s everything Jake isn’t: warm, joyful, and armed with a smile that could melt more than ice.

Snowbound together, Jake’s distance thaws into decorating the farmhouse with winter greenery, snowball fights, and rescuing the wonky Christmas tree he’d banished to the attic. And when Jake quietly shares the ancient solstice sunrise he’s always honoured alone, Ru is there beside him, bringing new light to centuries-old tradition.

As charged glances and accidental touches turn into desire neither can resist, Jake realises his unexpected guest isn’t so unwelcome after all.

When the storm passes, Jake faces a stark choice: retreat to his lonely existence, or embrace the man who’s brought warmth, sunshine, and hope back into his life.

In the season of miracles, where Christmas cheer meets solstice light, will their love be strong enough to last beyond the thaw?

You’ll love this book if you like:

❄️ Snowed‑in, forced proximity romances

🌞 Grumpy/sunshine chemistry

🎄 Christmas setting with all the holiday magic

🌒 A touch of solstice tradition

❤️ Sweet slow burn with plenty of heat

✨ Guaranteed HEA to warm your heart

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Cat gives this book 3 meows... 

This is a sweet holiday story.

I did really like the characters and like that Jake worked teaching extreme survival skills.

I also liked Ru and that he is a children's book illustrator. They are both rather new unusual jobs besides the normal.

I love a good snowed in story and we also get hurt/ comfort, age gap and forced proximity.

My only issue is if felt the story really drug on and it was hard to keep my interest. I'm glad I kept reading though, it's a really good story.

Making Your Heart Pound... One Beat at a Time.

The stories I only ever told myself were set in a world where boy met boy, where best friends became more, where the hero rescued not the damsel but the hot guy he'd been secretly crushing on.

I wanted to read those stories. I craved to read those stories. But those stories weren't out there. Or that's what I thought, until one Christmas, when I unwrapped a shiny new e-reader. All it took was a few clicks, and my world changed forever.

I found my tribe.

But there is life outside of MM & gay romantic fiction in all its configurations. Allegedly.

When I'm forced to switch off the trusty, faithful word machine, there's a husband to feed and talk to, pubs to drink in, and cake to eat. I love to do all those things and more, before I rush back to write all the words.

I'm a Londoner, born and bred, but I now live just outside the big bad city but close enough to hop on a train so I can get my regular metropolitan fix.

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