Wrong Bed, Right Roommate
by Rebecca Brooks
Published by: Entangled: Brazen
Publication date:
January 14th, 2019
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
It’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.
~AUTHOR INTERVIEW with Rebecca Brooks~
1) What gave you the inspiration for
the storyline?
For a few years when we all lived closer, a
group of friends and I used to do potluck brunches are our apartments. They
were so much fun! Those brunches gave me the idea for “besties brunch,” a
monthly potluck brunch that my characters have. I knew I wanted these BFFs to
live in NYC, the city I’ve called home for the last 13 years. So then I had to
think about how city living would affect their dating lives. Apartment living
would definitely come into play! That’s what gave me the idea for a “wrong bed”
mixup, and I decided to run with it.
I think it’s telling that my thought process
started with friendship. These friends are really central to the story, and
it’s as much about best friends growing together as it is about the hero and
heroine, too.
2) Are there any hidden themes in the book that you hope readers will discover?
Like I mentioned, friendship is really important,
as is forgiveness. No one is perfect and sometimes we mess up, and it’s easy to
lash out at the ones we love most. But I think this book is about learning and
growing and being able to look honestly at ourselves instead of running away.
Jessie and Shawn both learn to be more open with each other, and they see sides
of each other they’d never known before. That’s so important in building a
strong relationship based on honesty and trust.
3) Are any of the characters based on real people you know?
I always wind up taking aspects of people I know
and mashing them altogether. For example, I know people who definitely
stress-clean the way Jessie does. I’m not one of them!! But thinking about how
my super-organized friends would react if they were in Jessie’s position gave
me ideas for her character. Likewise, my mom is an editor of history textbooks
and she probably gave me my love of the red pen. When I made up a character
who’s an editor, highly organized, and extremely motivated, I’m sure that some
of my amazing mom came through!
4) Who has influenced you most as a writer?
Victorian Dahl, Charlotte Stein, Molly O’Keefe,
and Anne Calhoun had a big influence on me when I started writing romance. I’ve
always wanted to be a writer, but their books made me know I wanted to write
romance in particular. Once I started turning the pages, I couldn’t stop!
But my biggest advice for other writers is
always to read everything—devour it
all, in the genres you want to write in and in genres you don’t. There’s so
much to learn from how each author pulls it off.
5) If you could have any three literary characters over to your place for game night, who would you invite, what would you play, what would you serve, and why?
Naked Twister with any of Gina Maxwell’s heroes.
Obviously! And lots of chocolatey desserts on the menu.
6) Do you feel that you can ever have too many books?
Absolutely
not! I’ve jumped on the Marie Kondo craze to organize my wardrobe but nobody
lays a finger on my library.
Author Bio: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 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. Her books are about independent women who leave their old lives behind to try something new – and find the passion, excitement and purpose they didn’t know they’d been missing. Learn more at http://rebeccabrooksromance.com. To sign-up for her newsletter, visit http://rebeccabrooksromance.com/newsletter.
Thanks for being on the tour! :)
ReplyDelete