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It was dislike at first sight.
Now they’re snowed-in at a campsite.

When Pyper shows up to a winter festival half-a-day early to beat the storm, she learns the event has been put on hold. Now she’s stuck alone in a campsite with a blizzard that’s getting worse with each furious flake.

The good news? Someone else beat the storm too, which means Pyper won’t be on her own after all.

The bad news? That someone is the ever-grumpy Kenneth Billings, a man she’s secretly nick-named Beamer Boy, Office Grinch, and her new and rising favorite, Twinkie Head.

But what happens when the two are stuck sharing a glamping dome while the storm outside rages on? Is there actual chemistry between them or has the blizzard gone to their heads?

*Trigger Warning: Talk of a serious car accident and a near-drowning incident too.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 2022

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Kimberly Krey

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USA Today Bestselling author Kimberly Krey is known as the Queen of Steamy Clean Romance. She's a fervent lover of God, family, and cheese platters, as well as the ultimate hater of laundry. Her readers count on faith-filled romance novels that stay clean without losing the steam.

* 2021 USA Today Bestselling Author

* 2020 RONE Award Winner

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Profile Image for Christy.
131 reviews1 follower
January 11, 2023
Cute

A good heartwarming book. Enjoyed watching both characters grow. Clean novel with funny moments. Who knew being snowed in would change the character and make them stronger.
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689 reviews23 followers
February 13, 2023
“No, countless happy endings have come from horrible beginnings.”

I have mixed feelings about this book, I didn’t liked the first 60% I thought the characters had no chemistry between them and felt like it could have been a much better executed story. It really had the potential to be better and like 60% through the book it turned better. There was a really cute scene between Kenneth and Pyper which I felt like changed my feelings towards them and I started to enjoy the rest of the story better I just wished I would felt this way in the entire book.

❄️ grumpy-sunshine
❄️ one bed
❄️ forced proximity
Profile Image for Cathy.
1,955 reviews69 followers
December 22, 2022
I love the way this author writes her books. They are usually quick reads that I don’t want to put down. This one was so great!

I loved Pyper. She’s such a ray of sunshine in the book. There are so many crazy things that happen to her, and not crazy good either, but she always finds a way to make those things be okay. And a way to be happy about things. I can not even imagine being stuck in a blizzard in Colorado in what amounts to a large tent. But Pyper was happy to have shelter, warmth and food.

Then there’s Kenneth. From the very first page it was obvious that he was a Grump. And honestly, there were parts of the book that I didn’t like him. At. All. But as he opened up to Pyper, what else was he going to do in their stuck situation, he became a little more human and likeable to me. By the end of the book, I was rooting for him.

This book is such a fun winter read. It mentions Christmas, but I think you could read it all winter long and be happy with it!
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3,515 reviews328 followers
December 1, 2022
There are so many things to love about this one. First of all, grumpy-sunshine is one of my favorite tropes lately and combine that with a blizzard that forces the characters to be together, and I all ready to settle right in.

Kenneth and Pyper had a darling and hilarious meet cute and in not-so-great ways, the attention was captured (mine included). What I really loved was watching the story progress and the characters each mellow a little, but they didn't lose what made them...them. It wasn't all glitter and rainbows, yet they put the finishing touch on each other's personalities.

The good times and exasperation were all rolled up into a snowball of fun, with a swoony, clean romance that melted it all into puddle of steam. Krey knows how to pack a punch of swoon.

Snowed in? Yes.
Opposites attract? Oh, yeah.
Energized contention and attraction? Definitely.
Hot tub kisses? Check, check, and check.

A super fun Christmas romance that swooned the socks off me.

Content: mild+ romance (swoony kissing, some light innuendo)

*I received a complimentary copy. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.*
Profile Image for Shauna Jones.
716 reviews16 followers
November 23, 2022
He was uptight. She wasn’t.
This fun story starts out fun and just stays that way as two people so opposite in many ways learn about and from each other. Kenneth works in the family financial/wealth management business with his father but his father is the one always pushing for change, for adjusting, for taking risks. Kenneth prefers calm, expected, and reliable. Now his father has set up a meeting with a marketing specialist with emphasis in social media. Imagine Kenneth’s surprise when he discovers that the specialist is Pyper, the woman he just had an argument with in the parking garage. He doesn’t want to change the company but the sample results Pyper has delivered for them shows that the company needs it. When she automatically connects with a new client, Kenneth knows they need her help. When, unbeknownst to either of them, they are both invited to a mountain retreat by that same new client things begin to happen. The retreat is cancelled but neither receive notice until they are stranded at the resort in a massive snowstorm with only one outdoor geodesic dome for shelter. Luckily supplies had been stockpiled because they will be in this forced closeness for days. And so the fun really begins including figuring out how to share the space, fires involving her clothes, and learning that maybe not everything or everyone is exactly their first impression. A fun read that will keep you wanting more. I received an early copy and this is my honest review.
117 reviews1 follower
November 22, 2022
What a cute holiday story just in time for Christmas! I love the 'enemies to lovers'/misunderstood tropes and Kenneth and Pyper definitely have their work cut out for them to get over their initial meet-cute and see if they can find a happily ever together. There's just something about being stuck in a situation, like being snowed in together, that moves the story along in such a fun way. The characters have to put aside a little bit of pride, and perhaps some prejudice, to trust and rely on each other for help and survival. I loved Kenneth's and Pyper's heartwarming discussions and romantic nights by the fire. The grand gesture and ending were super cute and swoony. I love when characters in stories go through a journey of self discovery and learn to trust themselves and others- it often results in some self reflection as well and leaves me better off for reading their story. Definitely recommend this one!
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816 reviews16 followers
November 23, 2022
Receiving this as an ARC this is my own point of view. The perfect christmas read. It starts with 2 totally opposite personalities who find the other disarming and annoying in many ways. This slowly turns into a haphazard stay in a snow blizzard camp. Making each open up about personal issues that make them who they are. There are plenty of laughs and embarrassing mishaps that slowly make them realise how they feel. It shows how sometimes opposites really do attract even when they try to deny feelings. As my first real christmas book this certainly hit the mark.
1,065 reviews6 followers
December 1, 2022
This is such a fun story from the beginning. Kenneth and Pyper meet in a parking lot, which could have been a meet cute but wasn’t at all. That was followed by more meetings that kept me smiling and chuckling and I am sure it will make you do the same. It took a big snowstorm and additional time for them to figure out their happily ever after. This is a great easy read clean romance great for this Christmas season.
737 reviews7 followers
December 2, 2022
If ever two people were opposites its Kenneth and Pyper! The name calling was hilarious and amusing. They really irritate each other but as the story unfolds we get to hear the stories of what made them the way they are. The feelings that start to develop are strong! Excruciating time away from each other and then end so great! Loved this book!
471 reviews4 followers
December 20, 2022
Snowed-in in a dome

Mr Grumpy and Miss Sunshine. Both are covering a boatload of angst behind their protective masks. He sure she’s from the planet Jupiter and she thinks he’s a stodgy 50-year-old in a 30-year-old body ( a very hot, defined body). Can their get over their deep seated fears that have not only defined them but held them back to see how their two parts complete each other and make them stronger?
Clean-ish.
479 reviews1 follower
November 22, 2022
This was such a great romcom about Pyper and Kenneth going from hating each other because of some hilariously bad encounters together to falling in love despite their differences! Enjoy this cute holiday romance!
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150 reviews11 followers
January 6, 2023
4.5 ⭐️ rounded to 5.

Loved this enemies to lovers Christmas book. It slowed a bit at the half way mark for me but I adored the ending. I recommend this one!
Profile Image for Rhiannon Hinton.
440 reviews8 followers
December 17, 2022
Loved it!

Features:
-clean Romantic comedy
-stand alone
-light, easy read
-forced-proximity
-snowed in together

My favorite things:
-Beamer boy
-Ash holes
-Kenneth building a fire
-the flamingo floaty

Profile Image for Sandra Bagwell.
548 reviews3 followers
December 15, 2022
Fun story

There are a couple of serious parts but for the most part this was nystatin read. The story is clean and sweet. I could easily see the snow storm and the places they stayed in my imagination. This is a great weekend read!
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117 reviews3 followers
December 12, 2022
great character development

As a therapist, I often read books that just don’t ring true from a character development angle….especially chick lit. But I love the funny moments and meet cutes and all that, so I go with it. But this author did a really nice job of having the character have fantastic backstories (the guy’s was even more intense than the girl’s) and having them face things…..it just had all the feels, the romance, and was more realistic. Will read Ms Krey again for sure.
15 reviews
December 30, 2022
Very cute romance

I enjoyed this sweet romance. I had grown tired of anxiety filled plot lines, and this story eased my anxt. Worth every minute of my time!
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1,264 reviews7 followers
December 30, 2022
My Grumpy Christmas Camp-anion by Kimberly Krey. I’m voluntarily reviewing an advanced reader copy of this book that I received through Shifted Sheets Book Promotions. I Loved this cute holiday rom com. Piper & Kenneth’s story was fun to read. A great fun story for the holidays! Great storyline! I’m going to have to look for more by this author.
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1,558 reviews8 followers
December 28, 2022
One of my favorite books of the year. I laughed out loud and cried with the characters. I also learned about myself and felt myself grow as a person in understanding as I read- it is not often I can say that about a fiction book but this made me better for reading it.
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28 reviews1 follower
December 25, 2022
I'd definitely say this makes top 5 of my reads this year and I think that heavily weighs on the fact that I can relate to Pyper. I laughed, I cried, I related.

I love the Grumpy/Sunshine trope. The fact they both bring aspects that help round each other, make each other better, always love that.

All around, one of my top reads of the year and I'm so glad I got an ad for this book!
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Profile Image for Joan.
1,315 reviews
December 5, 2022
Grump meets Sunshine

My Grumpy Christmas Camp-anion is a fun, hilarious, touching, and heart wrenching clean romance book. I loved the interesting story line. I loved feisty, go-getter Pyper. I liked Kenneth and that he was often introspective and tried to be and do better. But he was also vulnerable. If you enjoy interesting, emotional, heart tugging romantic stories check out this book.
Profile Image for Gwen|| Bookish Blondie.
1,284 reviews11 followers
December 25, 2022
Outside of the author insisting on using names like Pyper and Lyza, the grumpy male and sushiney female thing works really here for this rivals to lovers story. I loved the build up of Kenneth and Pyper lowering the walls and the shields to allow themselves to truly see the other for the first time since meeting and their chemistry was very, very nice.

994 reviews
December 4, 2022
A good enemy to lovers rom-com: Pyper is a free spirit and Kenneth is serious/grumpy. They started on the wrong foot. They both agreed to go a therapeutic camp to appease a future client. They get snowed in together and as they say, "opposites attract".
I really enjoyed reading this book and look forward to the next book. I would highly recommend it.
110 reviews1 follower
December 22, 2022
loved this story

This story was so much more than a simple romance of boy meets girl. It was a complicated relationship with lots of humor and fun in the mix. Loved it. Thanks Kimberly for sharing this story with us.
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129 reviews8 followers
December 22, 2022
Kenneth and Pyper make have been stranded together in a blizzard, but there was plenty to keep this story from being cold. I loved the grumpy hero who was thawed by the sunshiny Pyper. And that kiss challenge was swoon worthy! I love how Krey always keeps it clean with just the right amount of combustible chemistry. And there’s more to her stories than just shallow romance. Her character development is always great. She gives us genuine people with real issues that we can all relate too. If you want a sweet romance with depth, look no further!
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914 reviews105 followers
December 30, 2022
2.5 stars. Between “okay” and “I liked it.”

Here’s the deal. The Hero is a legit grumpy, anal jerk. Like, there’s no way on this green Earth I would ever continue to be attracted to him after seeing his true colors. So that put a damper on things.

He supposedly had a traumatic experience as a 7-year old when his 2-year old sister fell in the pool without anyone noticing but himself. She was rescued and was fine, but it caused him to have a phobia of water and well, a phobia of lightheartedness and fun. In essence, he comes across as a mean, selfish, grinchy, horrible man. Who also has panic attacks (literally) when he imagines deviating from his rigid routine and fussy lifestyle.

Let’s just say I didn’t like him much.

The heroine is charming. The fact that she continues to like him when he is so incredibly difficult is rather surprising. Anyway, somehow I was able to sorta believe they will work out together. He does give very nice apologies, which went a long way for me (and for the heroine). And he did seem to want to change to some degree, so that’s a relief.

This ended with a HEA. I think other people might really enjoy it. Especially if you like romances that have dual perspective (which I actually don’t) and a lot of emotional baggage that both characters overanalyze and work through. It was too much therapy for me. I’m more attracted to the teasing, fun, flirty, confident heroes myself.

Side note: the heroine states how drop-dead gorgeous he is multiple times, and yet I couldn’t imagine it. I was not attracted to his personality at all, so it was hard to imagine him being physically attractive either.

Content:
Language- no swearing at all
Sex- no talk of sex or innuendo whatsoever. A couple kisses. The chemistry was meh.
Cover is okay.
I read this on KU
Profile Image for Brittany IdealistPages.
373 reviews3 followers
April 3, 2023
this was…

Definitely worth the read to be honest I have to say this was one of these stories that you can’t forget I seriously had the urge to read this Immediately right after I got home so I definitely do recommend it since it pulled me in I think it will pull you in and it is definitely interesting since this book is well written in my opinion and is intriguing and different compare to enemies and lovers this one main charter she didn’t want anyone to die or get hurt she definitely make a difference in this book and definitely changes the dynamic
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368 reviews1 follower
December 20, 2022
My Grumpy Christmas Camp-anion by Kimberly Krey (KindleUnlimited)
Read: December 19 - 20 (Book Review Page: https://www.facebook.com/rewbookreviews)

Another cheesy Christmas novel done and this one was fairly good. Short, sweet and romantic being the couple is isolated for the first half in a snowy glamping dome but I do just give it 3⭐️. It was set just before Christmas and then skips over it halfway through when the couple have their typical Hallmark “break-up” that could be solved by talking to one another. I enjoyed this book but definitely not my favorite Christmas read this month.

It was dislike at first sight. Now they’re snowed-in at a campsite.

When Pyper shows up to a winter festival half-a-day early to beat the storm, she learns the event has been put on hold. Now she’s stuck alone in a campsite with a blizzard that’s getting worse with each furious flake. Good news? Someone else beat the storm too, which means Pyper isn’t on her own after all. Bad news? That someone is the ever-grumpy Kenneth Billings, a man she’s secretly nicknamed Beamer Boy, Office Grinch, and her new and rising favorite, Twinkie Head. But what happens when the two are stuck sharing a clamping dome while the storm outside rages on? Is there actual chemistry between them ie has the blizzard gone to their heads?

One big plus for this book was that while snowed in together, our main characters open up about their deepest fears and in time, that brings them closer. I won’t give away their fears for those who would like to read it. While he tended to be pragmatic, never a risk taker, she tended to be more care free, open to change and willing to have fun. They bring out the best and worst in each other but by doing so, they balance each other out.

I am pleasantly surprised to find so many Christmas reads on KIndleUnlimited that are clean romances and yet still give you all the feels. I have tried to keep to just ones that aren’t in a series or can be read as stand-alone novels as to not be tied up by having to read an entire give book series to get all the story. I love that KU has endless options for every reader and I can never run out of books.
2,870 reviews11 followers
December 11, 2022
An engaging opposites-attract romance. Pyper is a social marketing professional whose potential client has attracted one of her recommended leads. That lead invites her to a winter festival. Her potential client is a father-and-son team of financial planners. She has already, in her head, nicknamed the son, Kenneth, Beamer Boy and Office Grinch. They meet for the third time at the resort during a blizzard. Things go from bad to worse before it temporarily shifts to cute and comfortable. While the ending is delightful, there is a substantial rift between the last chapter and the epilogue.

Entertaining. Happily Ever After. Romantic. Scary. Tragic. Twisted. Unpredictable. Whimsical. Wonderful characters.

I received a review copy of this book from a third party. This is my honest review.
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4,115 reviews74 followers
April 5, 2024
Alone and snowed in , in a blizzard on a campsite. Pyper thinks at least there’s shelter. There’s no sheltering her from the storm that is the Grinch himself Kenneth Twinkle Head Billings ….She’s little miss Christmas sunshine and he’s …NOT. Sharing a snug glamping dome is far from the norm Pyper has had some hard hits in her life but she still enjoyed the little wins. Kenneth preferred to grouch . Close proximity, chemical reaction , whatever the cause of their sudden attraction there’s no drifting ( get it snow-drifting) apart their co-joined hearts and the other parts they’re keeping warm as a grill from the outside chill. What of the raging storm of passion after a fashion? . Great humour that fits , beautiful feel good enemy to lovers trope with lots of scope on the mountain slopes this Christmas Holiday . It feels realistic with apt chemistry . Loved every page to bits!
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