The Issue with Bad Boy Roommates

I just THOUGHT that Rylan & Calista’s story was the book I was absolutely needing from Lake Starlight. But as I told one of my book friends last night ,this is definitely the Bailey next gen book I needed. Like…I didn’t know how much I needed Brinley to have a man just like her dad. Someone to bring her out of her shell & show her her true self 😍😍. And the way that this man was dirty talking her without even dirty talking 🤣. How is that even possible!?

Brinley Kelly has experienced more heartbreak in her short adult life than anyone should have to suffer. And though she’s stuck in a rut, she doesn’t want to be. Because all she wants, is to be normal.

Van Adler is the wildcard that rolled in to town that no one was expecting. He rode into town on his motorcycle & tipped the life of the town’s “charity case” on its axis. He’s big, tattooed, and working at Lucky’s bar is not one to be messed with. Except Liam Kelly isn’t scared (maybe because he sees a kindred soul).

The way that Van had me swooning all over the place, even though every expectation was for him to be a hardass. The way that he treated Brinley at every turn. He brought her back to the woman she was meant to be, and I couldn’t help but love every aspect of him & her together. He gives her everything she needs at any given second, and holds back when he knows it might be too much for her. She knows, from the start, that she is beautiful & desired in his eyes…& there’s really nothing more beautiful than that.

When it comes to Van, his inability to see his true worth is annihilated when a town like Lake Starlight, a family like The Bailey’s, & a woman like Brinley accepts & embraces him. It’s a life he’s never known he longed for, but one he doesn’t want to let go.

The way that these two just fit perfectly. Not just physically, but emotionally, with wit, with likes & dislikes, & just in total personality. There was something absolutely perfect in how they challenged each other, yet supported each other fully.

I could go on gushing about this book, this couple, this series, & this author…but I’d rather you experience the amazing ride for yourself.

Audiobook Review:
Connor Crais & Melissa Moran’s narration was SUPERB! The emotions, vulnerability, confidence, & friendliness in their voices just resonated. I loved the dual narration, it brings an extra punch to the perfectness of the story through audio.

After listening to the first book in this series and meeting Brinley I was hoping we’d get her story. She was a widow at a young age and is clinging to the past and scared to move on. From the moment she met Van there was attraction. These two have this pull to one another.

With them being roommates things are complicated and better left as roommates. Van and Brinley are both keeping a big secret from the other. I loved seeing Brinley open up and start to act like her old self. These two bring out the best in each other.

The narrators were perfect and had me falling for these characters and listening way too late. The Issue with Bad Boy Roommates with make you laugh and pull at your heart strings. If you haven’t started this series what are you waiting for? Start now!

The Issue with Bad Boy Roommates by Piper Rayne is the second novel in the Lake Starlight series about the next generation of Baileys. This book is about Brinley, who was a 25 year old widow, and Van, who was taking eight weeks of forced leave from the Coast Guard with orders to find a life. Since Calista married and moved out, Brinley had placed an ad in the paper to find a new roommate. Van responded to the ad, but she mistakenly believed that a woman was moving in. She was surprised when a gorgeous, tattooed man wearing leather and riding a motorcycle arrived
to move in. It wasn’t long before sparks are flying between them, but what could they do since Van would be returning to the Coast Guard after eight weeks?

I listened to this audiobook and loved the narrators reading the two POVs. They both seemed good picks for their characters, and the reading experience was enhanced by their performances. This was a classic Piper Rayne novel with lots of Bailey interference and additional contributions from the Lake Starlight Retirement Community as well as laugh out loud comedy full of crazy situations. I expected to experience some heavy emotion from this book given the need for Brinleigh to move on from her tragically short marriage, but this book was much more lighthearted than Calista and Rylan’s story. I cannot imagine ever reading a Piper Rayne book that I did not recommend wholeheartedly, and that trend continues. I recommend this book for fans of Piper Rayne, Julia Kent, Max Monroe, and Meghan Quinn who love contemporary romcom novels. I am voluntarily submitting this honest review after listening to an advanced complementary copy of this audiobook thanks to Valentine PR and Piper Rayne Inc.