Roomies by Christina Lauren

Roomies

by Christina Lauren

'Christina Lauren have fast become my go-to for sexy, honest contemporary erotic romance.' Heroes and Heartbreakers

From subway . . .

Monday night. Wednesday morning. Friday lunchtime. Holland Bakker plans her journeys to work around the times the handsome Irish musician, Calvin McLoughlin, plays his guitar in the 50th Street subway station. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, Holland is destined to admire him from a distance. Then a near-tragedy causes her busker to come to her rescue, only to disappear when the police start asking questions.

To Broadway . . .

Keen to repay Calvin, Holland gets him an audition with her uncle, Broadway's hottest musical director. When he aces the tryout, Calvin's luck seems to have turned - until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he doesn't have a visa.

Impulsively, Holland offers to wed the Irishman to keep him in New York, still keeping her infatuation secret. Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway, while their relationship evolves from awkward roommates to besotted lovers. Yet surrounded by theatre and actors, what will it take for Holland and Calvin to realise that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?

To happy ever after?

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It took me to page 180-something before I realised that there was no point in me finishing this book. It’s a quick read, no doubt about it but I was putting off reading it for days and I just got to the point where I was like, “why am I doing this to myself?”.

The whole plot of this book is ridiculous. Like literally none of it is believable. Getting married to a virtual stranger because you like his subway music? Getting married to a virtual stranger you have feelings for IN THE HOPE HE WILL LOVE YOU BACK? Conveniently having an uncle on Broadway for this extraordinary talent to shine so he doesn’t have to bush anymore? I could go on and on. And I wanted to move past that, I wanted to just enjoy a fun romance but you know what? I couldn’t. Where’s the romance in agreeing to a fake marriage, when you have feelings for that person and you don’t tell them? That’s not romantic, that’s a lawsuit. You’re going into something with false pretences and Holland is okay with that!

It was just a stupid plot. I just couldn’t get past the idiocy of Holland. I just wanted her to get a bit of self respect.

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