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The Big Dink

A Grumpy Sunshine, Enemies to Lovers, Clean Sports Romance (Smash Point Social Club, Book 1)

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The Big Dink

By: Cynthia Gunderson
Narrated by: Cynthia Gunderson
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They say the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his paddle…

Alecia Monroe is bubbly, competitive, and has a flair for big ideas. Garrett, her charming, sporty office crush, loves three things. Spreadsheets, Pilot Precise V5 pens, and pickleball. So when the cute blond in the office next to his suggests a weekly company pickleball night, Alecia does what any rational woman would do.

She lies about knowing how to play.

A few private lessons should be enough to bluff her way through. How hard can it be? But when Calder (grumpy, sarcastic, and infuriatingly hot) steps in as her instructor, she doesn't think this bid is worth it. Until she discovers he's friends with Garrett...and if she wants to land her workplace hearthrob, she might need some insider information.

But somewhere between the trash talk, late-night rallies, and moments Calder actually lets his guard down, Alecia stops thinking about Garrett and starts noticing the one man she swore she couldn’t stand.

Right as Garrett starts paying attention…

If The Gilmore Girls, Ted Lasso, and The Office had a baby, you’d get “The Big Dink.”

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  • Strong Found Family
  • Grumpy/sunshine
  • Instructor sports romance
  • Clean romance
  • Toe curling banter
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I love closed door romances with plenty of swoon and this has loads. made me laugh out loud in places too! more of this please!

A really fun listen.

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grumpy sunshine trope + pickleball = good book to fall asleep to or to listen to on the train. short novel, nothing crazy

comforting

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So many laugh out loud moments. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, would have loved if it was longer. If you’re looking for a short pick me up, light hearted and not serious, this is the perfect romcom.

Thoroughly enjoyed

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I'm normally not a huge fan of novellas/shorter books, but I actually really enjoyed this one. The characters had decent depth despite the shorter length. The banter was great, there was good chemestry between the main characters, the plot moved along nicely without unnecessary angst and the narration was fab. I've already downloaded the next book in the series.

Light hearted fun

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I loved the two main characters almost instantly. The banter was great and the story was fun. Did you see it coming? Of course. Did that matter? Absolutely not! it was well written and off I trot to book 2... xx

Feel good with wicked banter

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