TITLE: The Roommate Mistake
SERIES: Copper Valley Pounders #2
AUTHOR: Pippa Grant
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
TROPES: Rugby Romance/Accidental Roommates
Owner's Daughter/Pregnant FMC/Injured Hero
RELEASE DATE: February 6, 2025
BLURB.
An injured rugby star, his pregnant roommate, and one rule they can’t break: Don’t date the owner’s daughter.
It was supposed to be an easy house- and dog-sitting gig while the owner was gone for a month. But when my sportsing landlord comes home unexpectedly, injured and in need of a new arrangement, we end up as accidental roommates instead.
But if Holt Webster, the tall, thick-muscled, square-jawed, broody-eyed rugby player, had told me he played for the Copper Valley Pounders, I would’ve told him that my stepdad bought the team while I was working cruise ships overseas.
And he would’ve noped out of offering me a place to stay because the only thing worse than looking like you’re flirting with the owner’s daughter is looking like you’re hooking up with the owner’s pregnant daughter.
Yes, yes, I’m that woman—the one who accidentally got knocked up, decided to keep the baby, and had to move home because pregnancy and cruise ships aren’t a good match.
And now I’m that woman who doesn’t just look like she’s hooking up with an off-limits player. I actually am hooking up with an off-limits player. But who can blame me? He’s hot. He’s kind. And he’s spending our nights sleeping with his hand on my baby bump.
Claiming us both.
But if my dad finds out, Holt’s gone. And we’ll be…rucked.
The Roommate Mistake is a heart-tugging sports romcom featuring two people in need of new best friends, a dog with an attitude, and a very…fowl…meet-cute. It stands alone and comes complete with a found family happily ever after.
Content note: This book contains a character dealing with the loss of his brother to cancer.
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MY REVIEW.
5 Stars from Tiffany!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Back to Copper Valley we go!
There’s just something about a small-town romance with witty banter that hits the spot, and The Roommate Mistake delivers exactly that! This time, we’re focused on Holt, the hot rugby captain, and Ziggy, the one woman he definitely has to stay away from.
Holt is the captain of Copper Valley’s rugby team, and Ziggy is the daughter of the team’s owner. She’s a chef and sommelier who works on luxury cruise ships, so she wasn’t around the rugby scene much. The guys knew to stay away from Miranda, the daughter, but they were totally blindsided learning there’s another daughter and of course, Holt’s the one who ends up inviting her to his house to house and dog-sit while he heads overseas. Oh, and did I mention Ziggy’s pregnant, and the father is completely out of the picture? I was actually kind of relieved about that, as I'm not really into the "someone else’s baby" storyline.
Cue the Three’s Company/Modern Family mix-up when Holt returns home early, injured, and starts to get to know Ziggy falling for her and her baby along the way. Even though Ziggy’s wealthy family is pushing to help her find somewhere to stay, she starts realizing she’s exactly where she wants to be—with Holt and his moody dog, Jessica (who I absolutely loved).
The book is well-written and pretty predictable, but the fun is in all the little details. From Ziggy’s quirky family to Holt’s teammates (whom we’ve met in earlier books), it was great revisiting familiar faces. The chemistry between Ziggy and Holt is immediate, which made it tough to wait for the inevitable other shoe to drop. The Roommate Mistake reads as a standalone, but it’s even more fun when you read it as part of the series. I’m really hoping Miranda’s story is next!
AUTHOR BIO.
PIPPA GRANT wanted to write books, so she did. Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine written as Jamie Farrell. When she's not writing romantic comedies, she's fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes trying to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
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