Sharing an apartment with your ex-fiancé’s older brother can’t be a bad decision…right?
Caroline Sinclair is ready to marry the man chosen by her parents. That is up until she walks in on him with another woman. Angry and disappointed that everyone is forcing her to forget what she saw, she makes a drastic decision to leave the West Coast in the middle of the night. Her only option? The New York apartment gifted to her by her ex-fiancé’s grandmother.
What she doesn’t know is that the apartment already has an occupant.
Killian York is living in New York, making a name for himself as a painter and tattoo artist, away from his family’s control. He’s happy with the peaceful and drama-free life he’s made for himself, even if he’s been struggling to create lately. Everything changes however, when he walks into his apartment one night and finds his brother’s fiancée there. His first thought? Kick Caroline out.
But things have never been that simple between them.
With every glance and quiet moment spent together, the line between friendship and something more starts to blur and neither is ready for what happens when it disappears.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
Bad Influence is the first book I’ve read by Ava Hill, and I so enjoyed the slow-burn, roommates, forced proximity, forbidden romance between Caroline and Killian.
Despite Caroline walking in on her fiancé cheating on her, her parents were pushing her to go through with the marriage, which had pretty much arranged by them. Fed up, she walked away from her toxic family and sought refuge in an apartment left to her by her ex’s grandmother…. Only to get to New York and find that her ex’s older brother is already living there.
I was immediately drawn into the tension between Caroline and Killian. Their dynamic was salty and sweet, with lots of push and pull. They knew they absolutely should not be dancing around one another the way that they were, but they could not stay away. Both characters were dealing with family drama, and they became a grounding force for one another as they navigated those issues.
Their road to HEA was messy and chaotic and a little twisted, but very entertaining! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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