The Roommate Pact: A Novel

All of the fun, none of the heartache...as long as they stick to the agreement.

The proposition is simple: if ER nurse Claire Harper and her roommate, firefighter Graham Scott, are still single by the time they're forty, they'll take the proverbial plunge together...as friends with benefits. Maybe it's the wine, but in the moment, Claire figures the pact is a safe-enough deal, considering she hasn't had much luck in love and he's in no rush to settle down. Like, at all. Besides, there's no way she could ever really fall for Graham and his thrill-seeking ways. Not after what happened to her father...

Just as things begin to heat up way before the proposed deadline, Graham's injured in a serious rock climbing accident--and he needs Claire's help to heal. She'll do whatever it takes to nurse him back to health...even if it means moving in to Graham's bed and putting up with his little dog, who hates her. But with this no-strings arrangement taking a complicated turn, keeping "for now" from turning into "forever" isn't as easy as they'd planned.

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Published Aug 1, 2023

320 pages

Average rating: 6.64

14 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

MollyShea
Mar 05, 2025
7/10 stars
Cute little romance, quick read!
Anonymous
Aug 02, 2024
10/10 stars
I did not think I would adore this book but man, the chemistry was everything. I loved how their relationship was built up and how she took care of him. I didn’t even dislike the other characters, they actually added more context to the chemistry. They all saw it coming. I also really loved the way they were both clearly in love with each other and only he was willing to recognize it.

Wasn’t the biggest fan of the third act conflict but really never am. They made sense for the character but reminded me Abby Jimenez. The writing letters thing reminded me of TJR.

Recommended if you like:
* Friends/roommates to lovers
* Caretaking/nursing him back to health
* CHEMISTRY that never reads dirty (no flower gardens to be found..)
* He kinda falls first
* “He is secretly writing her emails to tell her all”
* Epilogue proposals
* Territorial puppers
KBoyles
May 26, 2024
8/10 stars
Good ol' romantic friends to lovers book. A little bit spicy.
bdgump
Dec 13, 2023
7/10 stars
Was hoping for a little bit more after loving "Would You Rather"...
emercedes16
Oct 12, 2023
6/10 stars
Just average romance story. I'm still a fan of average romance stories but this one had nothing special. Average and cute.

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