Life is good for Eric Brown. He’s a senior theater major, an RA for a freshman dorm, and has a great circle of friends. Single since sophomore year, Eric isn’t looking for love. But then Will Butler—fellow senior, co-RA, and the cutest guy Eric’s ever seen—walks into his dorm. Will has a girlfriend he sees off campus—a minor disappointment that becomes a major problem when a housing shortage causes Will and Eric to become roommates, and Eric is forced to witness Will’s hotness day in and day out. For protection, Eric asks Jerry, his ex-boyfriend, to pretend they’re still together. Jerry warns him it’s a stupid idea, but he reluctantly agrees. Too bad it won’t save Eric from losing his heart.
Will Butler has never believed in himself. His dysfunctional family saw to that. Although Will has loved music since childhood, he’s never seriously considered pursuing it, and the person he’s dating doesn’t encourage him. Then he and Eric Brown become roommates, and everything changes. Eric believes in Will and his talent. He’s also gorgeous and playful and fast becoming Will’s best friend. And that’s not good, because Will is hiding some big things, not only from Eric, but from himself.
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Cat gives this one 3 Meows 2 Purr heat index...
Eric was besotted with Will the moment they met, but immediately assumed him straight.
Will had a girlfriend Jessie he sees on the weekends so that just cements Eric’s beliefs about Will, until a chat with friends and Will says he is a three on the Kinsey Scale.
This is a short and sweet story. I never really related to either character. I liked Eric’s friend and ex boyfriend Jerry better than either main character. He literally stole the book. There is a cute twist regarding Will’s girlfriend but I saw that coming from the beginning.
The story is good, it’s a short, fun read. If you like college romance, roommates to lovers and a sexy romance you will like this!
Excerpt...
Chapter ONE
“OH. MY. God. Don’t look now, but you are so screwed that RAs can’t hit on the residents.” Jerry inclined his head, and Eric saw what he meant.
A short, delectable guy with a body that wouldn’t quit had walked into the freshman dorm hallway, carrying a guitar and a duffel bag. He paused and looked around.
“Sports tee, though. Atlanta Falcons?” Eric murmured as he ran his eyes appreciatively up and down the guy’s body. “And straight.”
“So? You love to mentor these poor lost souls. You’ll have him in leather in no time.”
Eric scowled at Jerry. Then he remembered his RA duties and approached the guy with a welcoming smile.
“Hi there,” he said brightly. “You must be one of our new residents. Welcome to Hutchinson dorm. I’m Eric Brown, one of the RAs.”
The guy looked at him calmly, and a smile lifted the corner of his amazing mouth. “Yeah, hi. I’m Will Butler. I’m not a freshman. I’m your co-RA.” His low Southern drawl only added to his sexiness.
“You are?” Eric stared at Will as all kinds of new possibilities entered his mind. “What happened to Phoebe?”
Will shrugged. “I don’t know, man. I was all set to RA Patterson, but Jackson told me to come here instead.”
“But… how come I’ve never seen you before? Are you a transfer student?”
“No. It’s a big campus.”
As Will checked out the crowd of freshmen accompanied by anxious parents, Eric tried to figure out how he could have missed this guy until senior year.
“But you play guitar? Are you in the music school?” He couldn’t have been. Eric would have noticed him among the music kids who shared a building with the theater geeks.
“Looks like we got some more freshmen coming in.” Will put down his guitar and duffel and walked over to welcome them.
“Oh… yeah.”
Spying Jerry out of the corner of his eye laughing and shaking his head, Eric stuck his tongue out at him and then followed Will to greet the newcomers.
DIVE INTO THE DEPTHS with CJane Elliott... I enjoy writing sexy, passionate stories that explore the human psyche.
After years of hearing characters chatting away in her head, CJane Elliott finally decided to put them on paper and hasn't looked back since. A psychotherapist by training, CJane enjoys writing sexy, passionate stories that also explore the human psyche. CJane has traveled all over North America for work and her characters are travelers, too, traveling down into their own depths to find what they need to get to the happy ending.
CJane is an ardent supporter of LGBTQ equality and is particularly fond of coming out stories. In her spare time, CJane can be found dancing, listening to music, or watching old movies. Her husband and son support her writing habit by staying out of the way when they see her hunched over, staring intensely at her laptop.
CJane is the author of the award-winning Serpentine Series, New Adult contemporary novels set at the University of Virginia. Serpentine Walls was a 2014 Rainbow Awards finalist, Aidan’s Journey was a 2015 EPIC Awards finalist, and Sex, Love, and Videogames won first place in the New Adult category in the 2016 Swirl Awards and first place in Contemporary Fiction in the 2017 EPIC eBook Awards.
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