HAMMERED

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Pairing: MM
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Scorching
Tropes: Grumpy/Sunshine, Blue Collar, Bar Renovation

He’s a grumpy contractor hired to rebuild a bar. He didn’t expect to rebuild himself in the process.

Beau is closed off, controlled, and convinced that needing people is weakness. He’s good with his hands but terrible with feelings. When a flood destroys the historic Old Mill bar, he takes the renovation job expecting sawdust and mahogany—not a sunshine-bright bar owner who refuses to let him hide.

Flynn has six weeks to save his family’s legacy before the bank forecloses. He needs the best contractor in town, even if that contractor scowls at everything like it personally offended him. What he doesn’t expect is for the grumpy man with the capable hands to see straight through his optimistic facade.

As they work side by side rebuilding the bar, something else is being constructed: trust. Understanding. A connection neither of them planned for.

You’ll love this if you enjoy:

✓ Blue collar heroes with capable hands
✓ Grumpy/sunshine with emotional depth
✓ Renovation projects with metaphorical weight
✓ Small-town found family vibes
✓ “Good with his hands” energy

HAMMERED is a high-heat MM romance featuring a grumpy contractor, a sunshine bar owner, forced proximity, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

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The Old Mill looked like someone had taken a fire hose to a memory.

Beau stood in the doorway, surveying the damage with the clinical detachment of a man who’d seen his share of disasters. Water stains climbed the exposed brick walls like ivy. The mahogany bar—a hundred-year-old piece of craftsmanship that had survived Prohibition—was warped and buckled, its surface clouded with moisture damage.

“It’s not as bad as it looks.”

Beau turned to find a man standing behind him, all sunshine smile and desperate eyes. Flynn Callahan, according to the voicemail that had interrupted his morning coffee. Owner of The Old Mill. Son of the previous owner. Currently drowning in more ways than one.

“It’s worse,” Beau said flatly. “You’ve got structural damage in the subfloor, probable mold in the walls, and that bar is going to need to be stripped and refinished if it’s salvageable at all.”

Flynn’s smile didn’t waver, but something flickered behind his eyes. “But it is salvageable?”

Something about Flynn’s stubborn optimism—the way he stood in the ruins of his family legacy still believing it could be saved—made Beau’s chest do something uncomfortable.

“Six weeks,” Beau heard himself say. “I can have it operational in six weeks.”

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is HAMMERED spicy?

Yes! Heat level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (Scorching). The grumpy/sunshine tension builds through their forced proximity working together before exploding in explicit scenes. Beau’s “good with his hands” in more ways than one.

What makes this a blue collar romance?

Beau is a contractor—his work is physical, skilled labor. The renovation setting means you get detailed descriptions of the work alongside the romance. If you love competent heroes who build things with their hands, this delivers.

Is there a deadline element?

Yes! Flynn has six weeks to save the bar before foreclosure, which adds urgency to both the renovation and the romance. The ticking clock increases the stakes and the forced proximity.

Is there a happily ever after?

Always. Every Fractal Enigma book ends with a guaranteed HEA. Beau learns to let someone in, and Flynn finds more than just a contractor.

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