Roomies, Christina Lauren
Roomies, Christina Lauren
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Roomies

Author: Christina Lauren

Narrator: K.C. Sheridan

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2017


Synopsis

From subway to Broadway to happily ever after. Love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable as in this “fresh, modern” (Entertainment Weekly) romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words.

Marriages of convenience are so...inconvenient.

For months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn to the captivating music performed by her street musician crush. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, fate steps in one night in the form of a drunken attacker. Calvin Mcloughlin rescues her, but quickly disappears when the police start asking questions.

Using the only resource she has to pay the brilliant musician back, Holland gets Calvin an audition with her uncle, Broadway’s hottest musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway—until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he’s in the country illegally, his student visa having expired years ago.

Seeing that her uncle needs Calvin as much as Calvin needs him, a wild idea takes hold of her. Impulsively, she marries the Irishman, her infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves and Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway—in the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting—will Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?

About Christina Lauren

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners/besties Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produced thirteen New York Times bestselling novels. They are published in over 28 languages, have received starred reviews from Kirkus, been selected as one of NPR’s Top 100 Swoon-Worthy Romances, and won both the Seal of Excellence award and Book of the Year from RT Magazine.

Lauren Billings has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and before she made writing her full-time job, would spend her days doing nerdy research-type things wearing a lab coat and goggles.

Christina Hobbs used to spend her days in a junior high counseling office surrounded by teenagers. These days you’ll probably find her on tumblr.

Both are married with children and always joke that Christina steals Laurens shoes.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Teodora on February 09, 2024

3.75/5 ⭐ I'll admit, this smells like a good rom com melodrama I'll click "Currently reading" I'll treat myself with mint chocolate chip ice cream * I am going to be completely honest here, this book kind of played with my anxiety. I mean, I am not a fan of marriages that go like this: "Hey, I'll give a......more

Goodreads review by Christy on December 21, 2017

4.25 stars! Christina Lauren always writes the best feel good romances. Roomies had me laughing, swooning, and kept a huge smile on my face the entire time I was reading!!! Holland meets Calvin at the subway station. She is captivated by his music the first time she hears him play. It turns into a bit......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on July 16, 2018

ARC provided by Simon & Schuster in exchange for an honest review. This was maybe the sweetest book I’ve read all year. It was heartwarming, adorable, and just a joy to read. I loved this and I hope if you guys are looking for a romantic contemporary this holiday season, you’ll pick up Roomies upon r......more

Goodreads review by chan ☆ on May 18, 2021

when i tried to read this a couple of years ago, i dnf'd because i was put off by the heroine's bold acceptance of nepotism. but as one does, i picked this up again for a video. and it was... fine. the marriage of convenience aspect was intriguing i suppose but the hero and heroine felt like they wer......more

Goodreads review by Anne on July 09, 2021

This is the story of a girl who falls in love with a boy and his guitar. Also, he's kinda in the States illegally. And due to a convoluted plot that could only happen in a romance novel, she marries him so he can save her uncle's Broadway musical. <--because only his amazing guitar riffs will do! Ok.......more