7 romance books to cuddle up with this Valentine’s Day
By Sabrina Reed
House Rules by Ruby Lang
Who says love gone south can’t be given a second chance? If it’s you, be ready to be proven wrong by House Rules, the third book in Ruby Lang’s Uptown series.
17 years ago Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kuo’s marriage crashed and burned after their differing dreams pulled them apart. But the cost of rent in Manhattan doesn’t care about all that, and after Lana accepts a position as a chef in the Big Apple, she can’t care about it either. It is too expensive to be living on one’s own in the city. She’s looking for a place, Simon’s looking for a place, they’ve cohabited before, what’s to say they can’t again? At least that’s Lana’s thinking.
Simon isn’t quite sold on the idea, but the two bedroom uptown apartment they’re eying is better than his current place, so he accepts Lana’s offer on a trial basis. They’ll room together for three months with boundaries set firmly in place…or as firm as they can be between two people whose problem was never chemistry.
There’s a reason Lana and Simon separated and it boils down to Lana’s flightiness. Their living arrangement may make Simon feel more secure about his career as a music teacher but that may not be the case for Lana for long when it comes to her wants both in her career and in her personal life. The match may have been struck but that doesn’t mean their rekindled flame will stay alive.
Still, they’re roommates. Divorced roommates. What a worthy trope to dive into!
House Rules is a Carina Press Romance. It is available as an e-book and an audiobook.