The Roommate Rules: A Hate to Love Small Town Romance (Steele Brothers of Starlight Cove, Book 4)

About this book

Starlight Cove’s prim, rule-following librarian, Penelope Shea, has spent years clashing with Declan Steele, the town’s resident chaos-maker and motorcycle-riding menace. Their long-standing feud reaches a boiling point when a meddling local matchmaker forces them into a choice: five hundred hours of community service or thirty days of living together. To protect her spotless reputation, Penelope chooses cohabitation, and Declan—eager to watch the buttoned-up librarian unravel—happily agrees. The tension shifts when Declan discovers Penelope’s secret: she is an anonymous author of spicy romance novels, and she has compiled a list of intimate "research" lessons she is desperate to experience firsthand. What begins as a series of instructional sessions meant to fuel her writing quickly spirals into something much more dangerous. As they cross the line from academic research to genuine passion, the physical chemistry between the grumpy tattoo artist and the shy librarian becomes impossible to ignore. Caught in a whirlwind of forced proximity, the two realize that their temporary arrangement is turning into a permanent fixture in their hearts. With the clock ticking down on their month together, Declan decides that some rules are meant to be broken—especially the one that says he has to let her go.