The Chad Next Door
by Dana LeCheminant · Love in Sun City #2 · 2023
Torn between a quiet life and the chaos of unexpected love, Private Investigator Chad Briggs is set to find out if a snowstorm can melt his heart in Laketown. When Hope, the all too attractive—and far too young—woman next door, Chad’s life is thrown into a whirlwind he would rather not face, but he doesn’t have much of a choice. Trying to navigate her new life after unexpectedly gaining custody of her dead sister’s kids, Hope knows she shouldn’t be interested in her much older neighbor, no matter how easy he is on the eyes. But when a snowstorm traps them together in one house, can they ignore the sparks between them? With every reason to think a relationship is impossible, especially with the kids in the mix, they know a weekend fling isn't going to end well. But their hearts didn't get the memo, and they might be in too deep to back out. Books in the Love in Sun City series are tied together and overlap but can be read in any order or as standalones. They contain minimal to no swearing and no explicit content.
Rating: 3.50/5 from 1 ratings · Heat: 2 · Genres: Chick Lit, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
Reviews
Cat Thompson — 3.5/5
Gosh, I really wanted to give this 4 stars, but parts of this book were just a little outlandish. Maybe 3.8 stars? I love love loved the premise though. Hope is given custody of her niece and nephew after her sister dies. They move out to nowhere Colorado and find a mountain man of a man as her next door neighbor - AND 12 years her senior. An approaching winter storm forces the family of three to house with Chad Briggs and they all get to know each other much more than Chad has ever let anyone know about him. This is a typical grumpy man with a sweet and funny female lead. Despite my rating, I read through it in about a 15 hour timespan. The writing was great and had me giggling throughout, but like I said, some of the things that happened were a little outlandish, but it was such a cute read regardless.