Spotlight & Giveaway: Wrong Bed, Right Roommate by Rebecca Brooks

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Rebecca Brooks to HJ!

Hi Rebecca Brooks and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Wrong Bed, Right Roommate!

Tell us about the book with this fun little challenge using the title of the book:

W is for Wicked
R is for Roomies
O is for O’s (big ones)
N is for New York City
G is for Getting Distracted

B is for Brewer
E is for Editor
D is for Dinner Dates

R is for Red Vibrators
I is for I Love Yous
G is for Goosebumps
H is for HEA
T is for Trust

R is for Real Life
O is for Office Sex
O is for OH GOD YES
M is for Mix-Ups
M is for Making Up (and Making Out)
A is for All The Feels
T is for Teasing
E is for Ecstasy.
 

Please share the opening lines of this book:

Jessie Santana clenched a fuzzy zebra print pillow in her fists. Deep breaths. In. Out. Wasn’t that supposed to be calming or something?

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

1. I do NOT share Jessie’s tendencies toward stress-cleaning. Unfortunately.
2. As much as I love Shawn and Jessie together, I also love how much the story is about Jessie’s relationship with her friend, Talia. Those two are #bffgoals to me.
3. There’s a lot of Post-it porn! If you love office supplies, this is the book for you.
4. Jessie has a monthly potluck “besties brunch” with her friends, based on potluck brunches I used to have with some of my besties when we all lived in NYC.
5. I love seeing the Brooklyn Bridge from the subway almost as much as Shawn does. It’s iconic NYC and it always makes me happy.

Was there a scene in this book that was harder to write than others?

All the unspoken sexual tension! Shawn winds up accidentally falling into Jessie’s bed the first night he comes to the apartment. The only thing even more awkward than a half-naked, middle of the night mix-up with a girl he hasn’t seen since high school is the next morning, when they have to pretend to be normal. It was hard to make my characters flirty when they’re trying so hard not to be!

“Morning,” he said, heading straight for the coffeemaker and trying to seem normal. “I know I’m not the only one who didn’t get enough sleep last night.”
“I’m sorry,” she said quickly. “I was trying to be quiet so I didn’t wake you up.”
“What?” he said. “Oh, no. You were quiet as a mouse.” He smiled, then checked himself. Was he flirting with her by calling her a mouse? No, definitely not. He wasn’t teasing—just trying to be friendly. There was a difference. Right?
He nudged by her to get to the fridge. But the kitchen was so small, he had to brush by her once to get the orange juice, and then again to put it away. He hoped she knew that was Brooklyn’s fault, not his. He wasn’t trying to pull anything.
“I assumed you’d sleep in,” Jessie said. She raised her hand, and he thought she was going to reach for him—to touch him? A good morning hug? But then she did a little get with the program tilt with her head, and he realized what an idiot he was. She was gesturing to get to the mugs. Unlike him, she wasn’t going to risk bodily contact while getting her coffee.
“Sorry,” he said, stepping to the side. “I—”
“It’s really cramped in here,” she said apologetically, as though it were her fault that he was in the way.
“No, you’re fine!” He said it way too quickly. Why was everything coming out wrong? He never thought of himself as awkward. He could talk to anyone. He could certainly flirt with anyone, whether they were in tank tops or pencil skirts or anything in between.
But something about Jessie was making him tongue-tied, like he could barely remember how to talk. Maybe it was because flirting was so easy. He did it even when he wasn’t trying. Not flirting was proving to be a whole lot more difficult.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
 

What do you want people to take away from reading this book?

Early reviewers have been saying the book is both sexy and sweet, and that makes my heart sing because it’s exactly what I wanted. Hot and naughty…but also heartfelt, emotional, and with a story about friendship, family, and figuring out life even when it throws you some curveballs. I really like stories that have both heat and heart, and I think my readers do, too!

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

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Book Info:

t’s not every day you wake up to a stranger getting into your bed.
Only, he isn’t a stranger at all, he’s my best friend’s hot older brother…and apparently my new roommate.
Having him in my space, driving me crazy, isn’t a problem at all. Nope.
All I need to do is keep control of the situation…

But that’s easier said than done.
Shawn Lassiter is the kind of distraction I don’t need.
First he accidentally gets into my bed, half-naked, the night before my first day at my new job.
Hello, muscles and tattoos!
Then he’s there, in nothing but a towel, making me coffee in the morning.
It’s more than any girl can resist. Right?
But Shawn is off-limits, even if his eyes are saying differently.

Years ago, back when I still had my crush, he destroyed friendships with his reckless playboy antics.
There’s no way I’m touching those perfectly formed abs now. I don’t care how nice and responsible he’s acting.
I don’t want a boyfriend anyway. That’s what my trusty vibrator is for.
I’m the smart girl—the glasses-wearing, book-reading workaholic. I can totally do this.
After all, it’s only for two and a half months.
I’ll be on my best behavior…even if Shawn isn’t.

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Meet the Author:

Rebecca Brooks lives in New York City in an apartment filled with books. She received a PhD in English but decided it was more fun to write books than to write about them. She has backpacked alone through India and Brazil, traveled by cargo boat down the Amazon River, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, explored ice caves in Peru, trekked to the source of the Ganges, and sunbathed in Burma, but she always likes coming home to a cold beer and her hot husband in the Bronx.
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