The Roommate Lie by Sydney Muse: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

Nice girls should never end up with a guy like me. Not even when it’s fake.

But Alice Kilpatrick doesn’t have a choice. When the boyfriend she traveled here to visit breaks up with her in front of me—leaving her stranded in my small hometown—I jump in before she can stop me.

Pretending to be her old friend from summer camp probably wasn’t the best idea. Or telling her ex she was planning to stay with me—not him—all along.

But I’m not really known for my good choices.

When I find out she’s a romance author with an epic case of writer’s block, I offer to let her stay at my place until she finishes her book. Then I offer to help make her ex jealous…

My reputation in Ponderosa Falls is a lot better than it used to be, but small towns have long memories. Most people aren’t thrilled about my new sweet-as-pie roommate. Especially when we start looking way too cozy.

Not that I care. A little town-wide disapproval has never bothered me. It’s the feelings I’m catching—the ones I thought I could avoid—that are the real problem.

And everyone in town knows it.

The Roommate Lie is a closed-door romantic comedy with sizzling chemistry and swoony kisses but no explicit content. This reformed bad boy story can be read as a standalone or as part of the Fake Love Lists series.

The Author

Sydney Muse writes sweet stories full of lovable characters and swoon-worthy kisses. She grew up in a big city surrounded by the ocean, but now she lives in a small town surrounded by mountains. When she's not writing, you can find her (accidentally) killing plants in her garden, wrangling her kids, watching cooking shows with her husband, and trying to entertain two rambunctious cats.

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Book Review

While The Roommate Lie is the first book in a new series (Fake Love Lists), it does take place in the same small town as the author's Ponderosa Falls Wilderness Resort series and as such, you'll see some familiar characters if you've read those. It's definitely not necessary to have read that series to enjoy this one though. 

While he might have earned that bad boy reputation when he was younger, don't let his past fool you... Charlie is perhaps one of the sweetest MMCs ever and I absolutely adored him! Right from the start, this story drew me in--- I loved Charlie's playfulness and how he stepped in to protect Alice even though he didn't know her at all. That first car ride together? Such great banter between these two that had me smiling and wanting to read on. With some meddling old ladies and a search for a 'ghost squirrel', there were many moments throughout the story that had me laughing out loud. Those humorous moments were balanced perfectly with the sweet and tender and I found myself enjoying every single minute. As much as I loved Charlie and Alice, I loved all the side characters just as much and find myself hoping to see more from many of them later in the series! 

The Roommate Lie is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 


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