Only His

Maybe 2.5? This is the sixth in a series of 20+ books, so there are side characters and setup for future stories all over the place, along with cameos from the couples in previous books. This one was written in 2011 but already hasn't aged all that well, what with this entire town seemingly full of gorgeous single women, but amazingly, no lesbians (not even the fire chief, who goes by “Charlie,” wears cargo pants, and says she's sworn off men). There's one bi character, but she's kind of a joke - at least her hitting on and kissing the FMC seems like it's intended as comedy, and the MMC jokes about "girl on girl," so it's hardly a serious exploration of the topic. Anyway. This was fine? I'm not a huge fan of small-town romance in general (or anything that could be described as “cozy,” really), so that's not entirely the book's fault. None of the characters seemed all that deep or layered to me, though, and I wasn't all that invested in this story.

(2021 Summer Romance Bingo: triplets. Would also work for construction or friends to lovers.)