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Trope · Relationship

Sunshine Grumpy

Inverted dynamic where the heroine is the grumpy one and the hero is the cheerful, persistent sunshine.

10 books on the shelf

Spring tide
Spring tide
Robbi McCoy
Like Enemies
Like Enemies
Sophie Weston
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
Nora Roberts
Wooing the Witch Queen
Wooing the Witch Queen
Stephanie Burgis
Falls Boys
Falls Boys
Penelope Douglas
Under a Vampire Moon
Under a Vampire Moon
Lynsay Sands
A Season for Love
A Season for Love
Blair Bancroft
The Proposition
The Proposition
Judith Ivory
An Attraction of Opposites
An Attraction of Opposites
Jill MacLean
The Pumpkin Spice Café
The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore
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Related · Relationship

Adjacent tropes.

Age Gap (older hero)Age Gap (older heroine)Arranged MarriageBest Friend's SiblingBickeringBrother's Best FriendChildhood Friends to LoversCoworkers to LoversEnemies to Friends to LoversEnemies to LoversFake DatingFake Engagement