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Roommate Arrangement by Saxon James
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Roommate Arrangement: ★ ★ ★ ★ . 5

Saxon James

“You’re the one who was always meant for me.”

When a newly divorced Payne moves back into his small town, he needs a place to stay. So when his brother’s friend—Beau—offers up the spare bedroom, he doesn’t say no. Little does he know, however, that Beau has had a crush on him for about 20 years, so this is going to be a little bit more tricky than he thought.

Tropes:
— Brother’s friend
— Forced proximity
— Childhood crush

This is really cute! And I absolutely love the beginning of this series so far. Beau is a scatterbrained workaholic, and he is absolutely convinced that he needs to change who he is in order to find someone, but as Payne gets to know him, he disagrees. That was probably one of my favorite parts about the story because they really just loved each other for who they are, and there was no judgment for the things that they went through or the things that they feel. The two of them were really supportive of one another in every single way and they were always there for each other when they needed them. I really liked the bit of jealousy from Payne as he was trying to figure out his own feelings and the adorable paper cranes and coloring tattoos and everything in between. It’s just a really sweet story overall and I’m really excited to continue!