Wrong Bed, Right Roommate by Rebecca Brooks – a Review

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Description:
It’s not every day you wake up to a stranger getting into your bed.
Only, he isn’t a stranger at all, he’s my best friend’s hot older brother…and apparently my new roommate.
Having him in my space, driving me crazy, isn’t a problem at all. Nope.
All I need to do is keep control of the situation…

But that’s easier said than done.
Shawn Lassiter is the kind of distraction I don’t need.
First he accidentally gets into my bed, half-naked, the night before my first day at my new job.
Hello, muscles and tattoos!
Then he’s there, in nothing but a towel, making me coffee in the morning.
It’s more than any girl can resist. Right?
But Shawn is off-limits, even if his eyes are saying differently.

Years ago, back when I still had my crush, he destroyed friendships with his reckless playboy antics.
There’s no way I’m touching those perfectly formed abs now. I don’t care how nice and responsible he’s acting.
I don’t want a boyfriend anyway. That’s what my trusty vibrator is for.
I’m the smart girl—the glasses-wearing, book-reading workaholic. I can totally do this.
After all, it’s only for two and a half months.
I’ll be on my best behavior…even if Shawn isn’t.

Review:

Wrong Bed, Right Roommate begins with Jessie having finally landed her dream job, while her life-long best friend, Talia, is leaving the country for a few months to dance in London. Jessie can’t help but worry about the rent, but Talia has assured her that she will find a tenant to take over for the few months she will be gone. Jessie never expected that Shawn, Talia’s hot brother, who also has a bit of a sordid past, would be the tenant. To say that Jessie and Shawn were both shocked to see each other is a bit of an understatement. Shawn looks just like how Jessie remembers him: muscled and hot. Jessie definitely doesn’t look the way Shawn remembered her. Seems she’s matured in all the right ways.

As the two of them navigate being roommates, the attraction is there, and it’s strong, but Jessie knows that Talia would have a hissy fit if the two of them ever hooked up. After all, Shawn did cost his sister a friend or two back in the day by messing around with them and then dropping them like a hot potato when someone else piqued his interest. Shawn knows that Jessie is off limits due to the aforementioned ‘costing his sister her friends’, but he has acknowledged his past bad behavior and is truly trying to be a better person. When the two of them finally hook up, they decide it can never happen again………..until it does. After all, Talia is out of the country, so who will ever know? Funny that………

Wrong Bed, Right Roomate is a nicely written romance, and a first I’ve read by this author. Jessie is loyal, almost to a fault, and very driven. Shawn had always been the polar opposite of Jessie. When things got tough for him, he ran. Always. However, when he and Jessie are together, he finds himself wanting more out of life and out of himself. He’s tired of always being a disappointment to his family, and to himself. When Talia ends up coming back a little early and surprising them, things do not go well. All of them, Talia included, have to figure out what’s important and look at things the way they are now, and not clouded by the past. What transpires will make your heart smile and leave you cheering. As I said before, this is the first I’ve read by this author, but hopefully, won’t be the last. Well done, Rebecca Brooks!

Reviewed by Vickie

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