I wondered if it would, and this book did the indeed usurp the last one to become my fave of this series so far. Grumpy brother, Holden, who is secretly a softie and romantic, inherits the local in with the previous owner's niece Sadie. He had a crush on her the summer she stayed with her aunt when they were teens but was an asshole to her because he couldn't deal and she wasn't staying. She's an interior designer from Toronto and agrees to stay so they can renovate the inn together, as long as he buys out part of her share when they're done. The other part of the deal is that she helps find him a wife. She never wants to get married again because of a recent broken engagement (which is also why she needs money), so they know they can't end up together. But of course, we get to know him as the book goes on, they laugh a lot together, she makes him smile, and they fall for each other. It's spicy, sweet, funny, and there's a little 3rd act breakup but it felt like it needed to happen for them to be truly happy. I really liked Sadie and Holden, individually and together. She can be loud, calls people dude, there's a hilarious cursed alien dildo situation (sent to her by mistake but it keeps coming back to her and everyone in town knows about it), and she has to learn to trust ahain. He's still quiet and grumpy, but also sweet and so caring; he feels very responsible for everyone and everything which causes him to want to control situations, so he has to deal with that. Overall, I think this one is tied with book2 in the hockey series as my faves, and I'm excited to finally learn in the next book why Finn and Olivia can't be in the same town.