Falling in love is the ultimate payback in this delightful, breezy romcom about an interior designer who teams up with an enigmatic architect at her firm to get revenge on her ex the only way she knows how: by building a spite house next door
“Filled with sizzling chemistry and delicious revenge, Love at First Spite had me smiling from start to finish. This is one debut you don’t want to miss!” —Kate Bromley, author of Talk Bookish to Me
They say living well is the best revenge. But sometimes, spreading the misery seems a whole lot more satisfying. That’s interior designer Dani Porter’s justification for buying the vacant lot next to her ex-fiancé’s house…the house they were supposed to live in together, before he cheated on her with their Realtor. Dani plans to build a vacation rental that will a) mess with his view and his peace of mind and b) prove that Dani is not someone to be stepped on. Welcome to project Spite House.
That plan quickly becomes complicated when Dani is forced to team up with Wyatt Montego, the handsome, haughty architect at her firm, and the only person available to draw up blueprints. Wyatt is terse and stern, the kind of man who eats his sandwich with a knife and fork. But as they spend time together on- and off-site, Dani glimpses something deeper beneath that hard veneer, something surprising, vulnerable, and real. And the closer she gets to her goal, the more she wonders if winning revenge could mean losing something infinitely sweeter…
“Rollickingly, fast-paced… Fans of Emily Henry’s tales will enjoy Collins’ imaginative rom-com.” —Booklist
“Wyatt is the perfect grumpy romance hero with a heart of gold. An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story that’s sure to delight rom-com fans.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Sexual Content - 3/5
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Violence - 1/5
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Language - 4/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 3/5
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Summary
Love at First Spite by Anna Collins is a romantic comedy partially set in the workplace. The book opens with Dani playing paintball with her cousin and partner in crime, Melissa, in her wedding dress on what would have been her wedding day. This is just the beginning of Dani’s spite and revenge against her ex.
She buys a piece of property next door to him and decides to build an Airbnb just to make him mad. Wyatt is the crumpy co worker that ends up helping her with the house. I found it interesting that Wyatt was dealing with a disease but other than that we didn’t get a lot of his side of the story. Maybe because it was written from Dani’s POV.
It is a romantic comedy; so slightly unrealistic with fun and petty revenge leading to a happily every after.
language - 4 f word used 27 times, shi& and d@mn were used approx 15 times each
sexual content -a couple scenes
drinking - she gets drunk at least twice that i remember.
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