The Leddy Harper books I’ve previously read are full of angst, full of emotional drama and full of rip-your-heart out moments. So the blurb for The Roommate ‘dis’Agreement intrigued me, because it didn’t sound like any of her other work that I’m familiar with. I was expecting something light-hearted and funny, a romantic comedy… but that isn’t quite how I’d describe The Roommate ‘dis’Agreement.

Divorced, lonely Cash puts out an ad for a female roommate, simply because he’s looking for company. Nothing more. His job is high-stress and leaves him craving companionship. Jade is a single mother with nowhere else to go and at first responds to the ad as way to mess with Cash. But an honest friendship develops between them as they get to know each other on the phone first — and I was so happy that Harper wrote it that way. Because it’s weird enough for a single mom to move, with her toddler, into a stranger’s house three hours away from her only friend. But at least the reader got to see the relationship begin to develop between Cash and Jade.

But because this is a friends-t0-lovers story, Cash and Jade fall in love, despite what their clearly-outlined “roommate agreement” states. There are a few twists and turns in the story that I never anticipated going in, but they served to further position Cash as the protector, the rescuer, the savior that Jade hadn’t had in her life in quite some time.

Like I said, I was expecting more of a romcom based on the book description, but that’s not the way I’d describe it. There are a few funny moments between Jade and Cash, and their ups and downs on their way to HEA with sweet little Aria is a road well traveled.

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.