Lovable Grumps (Books 1-2) – Jayda Marx Free Audiobook

Written by Jayda Marx
Read by Nick Hudson
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

My Grumpy Old Bear

Brooks – I’ve been coming to this little café every weekday for the past month, and everyday the same guy, Noah, takes my order. He always flirts with me, talks to me, and makes me feel like a million bucks. The problem? He’s in his mid-twenties, which is a baby compared to my 45 years. The first time he winked at and flirted with me, I thought he was making fun of me. I may have cussed him out. Okay, I did. But just a little. But, to my surprise, he just laughed and told me I was cute when I was grumpy. I should have run away and never came back to this place. But I can’t stay away. As if the age gap between us isn’t reason enough to keep my distance, we are also complete opposites.

Noah is young and free-spirited, kind and funny. I’m an asshole. Our looks couldn’t be more different either. Noah is tall and thin with dirty-blond hair and blue eyes. He smiles so big his cheeks dimple up, and he lights up the room. And then there’s me. I’m gray-haired, gray-eyed, thickset, and I have crows feet and a bad back. When Noah basically forces me into a date, he flips my entire world upside down. But things can’t be that easy; I’ve got secrets, physical and emotional pain, and enough baggage to fill an airplane. I’ve got to keep my distance because this could never work. Noah – I’m becoming obsessed with a hunky older man. For a month now I’ve been flirting and dropping hints that I like him. Though we talk often, he always shrugs off my advances.

With his sexy gray hair and eyes and his cranky attitude, he’s like my own personal little storm cloud. Sure he’s grumpy, but I don’t miss the way his lips twitch when I tease him, or his eyes sparkle when I tell him he’s handsome. Each day I pull a little bit of information out about himself, but I’m hungry for more. I know there’s a big, beautiful personality behind his tough exterior, and I want to be the one who releases it.

*This M/M May-December romance is insta-love and low angst.
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My Confused Cub

Jay – I’m not what you’d call a “people person”. It’s not that I dislike people necessarily, but I do hate their drama; I’ve got enough of that shit in my personal life. I recently learned that the man who raised me isn’t my biological father; rather, my father is a grumpy asshole named Brooks. Things were bumpy at first, but now I get along great with Brooks and his fiance Noah, who is four years younger than I am. But the drama doesn’t stop there; for some time, I’ve been questioning my sexuality. I even started fantasizing bout my silver fox of a boss, Mr. Taylor. That was my realization of, “Hmm, maybe I’m not as straight as I thought I was”. It’s not just him whom I’m attracted to, though; I’m drawn to men older and grayer than me. But why? Is it a weird extension of my daddy issues? I’m confused as hell and haven’t come out to anyone. Can I even do that when I don’t have any experience with men to speak of? When I get tough news at work and my life gets tipped on its head, a drunken night and a pity party for myself leads me on a path of self discovery, and I learn that maybe things aren’t so confusing after all.

Vic – While covering a shift at the bar I own, I’m drawn to a handsome man with pain and confusion in his pretty gray eyes. When whiskey opens his floodgates and he divulges his story, I learn that this tall, broad bear of a man is as unsure and nervous as a little cub. He’s having trouble finding himself. He needs someone to take their time and show him everything he’s missing; someone older with more experience who will be patient and gentle. Someone like me. My last relationship was with a younger man, but it ended in disaster, and I’m not keen on reliving that experience. But no-strings-sex with a hot younger man? Oh, hell yes. All I have to do is not get attached. What could possibly go wrong?

This M/M May-December low angst romance follows an insta-love relationship on the fast track. It has no cheating or cliff-hangers, and a very happy HEA.