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Reluctant HousematesLinda Barrett

Reluctant Housemates

Linda Barrett (2005)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SettingContemporary Earth
CSM age16
Goodreads4.5/5 (657)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

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Positive tags

slow burnhappy endinghealing arcfound family

Tropes

Strangers to LoversForced ProximitySmall TownWorkplaceInstant AttractionGrumpy SunshineBoss/Employee

Themes

identitylove vs dutyclass strugglecoming of age

Synopsis

In the coastal town of Pilgrim Cove, strangers are welcomed, and everyone else takes a front row seat to watch a love story unfold. Pilgrim Cove native Rachel Goodman has come home for one good to prove to the town and her family that she’s not a loser. She’d graduated from high school—barely—and gone to college on a swimming scholarship. And now the swimming jock is the new assistant principal for academic studies at Pilgrim Cove High. Her uphill battle to win over the teachers and improve test scores might have gone well except…. Marine biologist Jack Levine has a woman in every port and his boat, The Wanderer, is his most prized possession. When he winds up teaching science in Pilgrim Cove, he finds that he likes the small town very much. So what if he doesn’t follow the rules at school? So what if his boss finds him difficult to work with? As for being housemates at Sea View House…? Well, that’s nearly impossible. Except for the sparks that fly whenever he and Rachel are together. And then Jack and his boat go missing…

Tags

small-town romanceworkplace romancecoastal settingcontemporary romance