REVIEW: The Room Mate by Kendall Ryan

The Room Mate launches Kendall Ryan’s new series – Roommates – and it is a clever, romantic and extremely sexy book with an entertaining and unexpected plot twist. Rather than the typical romance where the girl falls for her brother’s best friend, The Room Mate’s girl falls for her best friend’s little, younger brother. It’s a nice change of pace, and there is something particularly enjoyable about reading an older woman with a younger man. Of course, they’re both in their twenties and only four years apart, so this is by no means a cougar romance. (Not that there’s anything wrong with those either. Did I just create a new sub-genre?)

Cannon Roth’s favorite appendage seems to have voodoo powers that make women fall hopelessly in love with him. This might not sound like a problem except Cannon is finishing medical school and not looking for a relationship, and these mesmerized women start acting like psychotic loonies when doesn’t return their feelings. His apartment was just trashed by one of his crazies, and he needs a place to stay for his last two months of school. Luckily, his big sister’s best friend, Paige, has an extra bedroom he can use to crash. Unluckily – depending on how you look at it – he’s been half in love and fully in lust with Paige since he was a tween.

Paige hasn’t seen Cannon in years and is very surprised that he’s not a kid anymore and certainly not her best friend’s cute-but-nerdy little brother. She’s extremely attracted to him, but knows his sister would not approve of them sleeping together or having a relationship of any kind. Heck, she doesn’t think they should get involved, but her body isn’t listening to her mind. She realizes her new roommate could end up being her Pandora’s Box and these two short months could feel like forever. As she gets reacquainted with the mature, hunky, soon-to-be-doctor Cannon, Paige realizes these two months could actually be the start of her forever.

Kendall Ryan can be relied upon to deliver a smart romance that will make your Kindle emit steam while you laugh, sigh and ultimately smile, and she delivers with The Room Mate. A day spent reading a Kendall Ryan book is a day very well spent, and I can’t wait for the next book in this new sexy series.

Book Info:

Publication: January 24, 2017 | Self- Published | Roommates #1

The last time I saw my best friend’s younger brother, he was a geek wearing braces. But when Cannon shows up to crash in my spare room, I get a swift reality check.

Now twenty-four, he’s broad shouldered and masculine, and so sinfully sexy, I want to climb him like the jungle gyms we used to enjoy. At six-foot-something with lean muscles hiding under his T-shirt, a deep sexy voice, and full lips that pull into a smirk when he studies me, he’s pure temptation.

Fresh out of a messy breakup, he doesn’t want any entanglements. But I can resist, right?

I’m holding strong until the third night of our new arrangement when we get drunk and he confesses his biggest secret of all: he’s cursed when it comes to sex. Apparently he’s a god in bed, and women instantly fall in love with him.

I’m calling bullshit. In fact, I’m going to prove him wrong, and if I rack up a few much-needed orgasms in the process, all the better.

There’s no way I’m going to fall in love with Cannon. But once we start…I realize betting against him may have been the biggest mistake of my life.

THE ROOM MATE is a full-length standalone romance.