 Wouldn't you love to have a person you can share your troubles with? One that supports you and wants you to succeed? Award Winning author Jennifer Raines' latest release features this wonderful partnership, but it happened unexpectedly. Beatriz and Casildo end up in the same apartment, when neither was expecting the other. As they are forced together, they find that each other is the perfect person for them... but their dreams may not allow them to be together. An Accidental Flatmate is an emotional journey as Beatriz learns to stand strong against her family's wishes and Casildo finds a way to reach for his dreams. Author Jennifer Raines' stories always feature realistic romances with characters who could be your neighbor or sister. The stories are deep and focus on the positive message of what is truly family. An Accidental Flatmate is the fifth book in the Choosing Family series about making your own family, not just through blood but through common values and love. You don't have to have read the other books in the series but why wouldn't you want to? This series is filled with laughter, joy and most of all- love! Both ebook and paperback is available today! Blurb: Join award winning author Jennifer Raines in this story combining heat with heart, as two gentle souls find a champion in each other until their love is threatened by promises they made. With her father injured at work, Beatriz Gomez willingly shoulders the financial responsibility for her family. Now, bills are mounting, a colleague stole her ideas to win the promotion she desperately needs, and her sisters blame her for everything. Bea needs time out, so moves into her best friend’s temporarily empty apartment. Then Casildo, a professional acquaintance, walks in the door. He’s outraged on her behalf, and that’s … a lovely surprise. But Beatriz has promised to go home. Casildo Hariri knows this is his last chance. He’s earmarked every second and every cent in the next few months to launching his long-dreamed of textile design company. So, he doesn’t have time for the luscious, talented, unavailable Beatriz who’s in residence at the apartment he thought was empty. Except she’s been wronged. Someone needs to encourage her to rebel, and he’s on the spot. After all, the apartment has two bedrooms, although it doesn’t take long to discover one is more than enough. To his secret delight, Beatriz champions his dreams. That’s before she detonates them by telling him why she has to go home. When Beatriz is cheated out of a job she deserves, Casildo encourages her to rebel, until she breaks the rules by breaking his heart. Can they find a way together while pursuing separate dreams? EXCERPT: “I didn’t get the promotion. Jackson Smithers did.” Bea revealed the name of the colleague who’d brought the situation at home to a head. “Al’ama. He’s a jerk. You’re worth six of him. What idiot promoted him?” His defence was so unexpected; she almost dropped her cup a second time. “Jackson’s quick to announce other people’s ideas and pretend innocence when challenged.” Bea had thought Jackson’s co-opting of other people’s ideas was the result of enthusiasm, until she’d started to see a deliberate pattern. “But you have no smoking gun.” “In an office where sharing ideas is part of the creative muscle, plagiarism is hard to prove. Plus, he takes advantage of being tall, white, and male to undermine harder-working men, women, and this daughter of Chilean refugees.” She stumbled to a halt—she hadn’t shared her suspicions with anyone. “No positive discrimination in your workplace?” “Only at entry level.” She couldn’t hide her indignation. “For promotion, we believe in a meritocracy. Funny what that delivers.” “Jackson stole your ideas.” Casildo believed her, and relief rolled through her. “Yes.” “Get another job.” “In the current climate, I’d have to take a pay cut to start over with someone else. Jackson has a mile-wide streak of meanness he hides from management. And I don’t trust him not to gaslight me.” In her head, she’d already committed the extra income from her promotion to cover the upcoming increase in her parents’ variable mortgage rate. Tomorrow, she’d be back to looking at ads for waitresses or bar staff. “Jackson’s won. What’s his gripe with you?” He studied her, his assessment far too male, and she resisted the instinct to check that a button in a strategic location hadn’t come undone. “Did you refuse to go to bed with him?” “He didn’t get that far,” she snapped at the injustice of Jackson’s vindictiveness. “For Pete’s sake, I refused a drink with him.” “Let’s rewind. What did missing out on a promotion have to do with you deciding to flee your family home?” His voice had dropped, deepened, and was mesmerising in its gentle encouragement. “Tell Uncle Cas all about it.” “You’re not my uncle.” BUY LINKS: |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Australian Jennifer Raines writes contemporary romances set mainly, but not exclusively, in Australia – think Malta, Finland, New Zealand or ? A dreamer and an optimist, her stories are a delicious cocktail of mutual respect, passion and loyalty because she still believes in happily-ever-afters.
Jennifer fell in love with romance as a teenager. Starting with historical romance. Everything in the school library and then a treasured collection of Georgette Heyer, hard copies, paperbacks and ebooks. Comfort food, she calls them, like Vegemite toast, for those times when she feels low. Her library of comfort food has grown over the years but Georgette Heyer was an early star, under the blankets after lights out using a torch.
Jennifer is a member of Romance Writers of Australia. Three times a finalist in the Emerald competition, including in 2017 (Common Cause, renamed Lela’s Choice), 2018 (Taylor’s Law) and 2022 (Quinn, by Design – Choosing Family Book 2). She’s a member of Romance Writers of New Zealand, winning the Pacific Hearts competition twice, including in 2019 with Grace Under Fire, the sequel to Taylor’s Law. She’s also a member of Romance Writers of America and has been a finalist in chapter competitions in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Taylor’s Law). Jennifer won the contemporary romance section in the 2020 Orange Rose Contest for Planting Hope and was second overall. While rarely entering them these days, Jennifer values competitions for the constructive, honest, not always comfortable feedback they provide.
In 2023 Jennifer placed second in the Romance Writers of New Zealand Koru Best First Book with Taylor’s Law.
Jennifer loves those days when words flow and the joy of writing makes the hard slog worthwhile. She’s always made up stories about strangers in the street, in a café or strolling through an airport terminal; finding inspiration in snippets of conversations, news items and the sheer puzzle of human interactions.
Jennifer lives in inner-city Sydney, Australia, with the requisite number of partners (1) and animals (2). Her desk overlooks a park which nourishes her soul when she raises her head from her keyboard. She gets some of her best ideas during long yin yoga poses or walking—including around the block. While Jennifer adores historical romance, she chose to write contemporary because she thought (wrongly) it needed less research while she was holding down a full-time job.
You can find out more about Jennifer and her writing at https://jenniferrainesauthor.com or via https://www.facebook.com/jenniferrainesauthor
Or https://www.instagram.com/romanceauthorjen/
Australian Jennifer Raines writes contemporary romances set mainly, but not exclusively, in Australia – think Malta, Finland, New Zealand or ? A dreamer and an optimist, her stories are a delicious cocktail of mutual respect, passion and loyalty because she still believes in happily-ever-afters.
Jennifer fell in love with romance as a teenager. Starting with historical romance. Everything in the school library and then a treasured collection of Georgette Heyer, hard copies, paperbacks and ebooks. Comfort food, she calls them, like Vegemite toast, for those times when she feels low. Her library of comfort food has grown over the years but Georgette Heyer was an early star, under the blankets after lights out using a torch.
Jennifer is a member of Romance Writers of Australia. Three times a finalist in the Emerald competition, including in 2017 (Common Cause, renamed Lela’s Choice), 2018 (Taylor’s Law) and 2022 (Quinn, by Design – Choosing Family Book 2). She’s a member of Romance Writers of New Zealand, winning the Pacific Hearts competition twice, including in 2019 with Grace Under Fire, the sequel to Taylor’s Law. She’s also a member of Romance Writers of America and has been a finalist in chapter competitions in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Taylor’s Law). Jennifer won the contemporary romance section in the 2020 Orange Rose Contest for Planting Hope and was second overall. While rarely entering them these days, Jennifer values competitions for the constructive, honest, not always comfortable feedback they provide.
In 2023 Jennifer placed second in the Romance Writers of New Zealand Koru Best First Book with Taylor’s Law.
Jennifer loves those days when words flow and the joy of writing makes the hard slog worthwhile. She’s always made up stories about strangers in the street, in a café or strolling through an airport terminal; finding inspiration in snippets of conversations, news items and the sheer puzzle of human interactions.
Jennifer lives in inner-city Sydney, Australia, with the requisite number of partners (1) and animals (2). Her desk overlooks a park which nourishes her soul when she raises her head from her keyboard. She gets some of her best ideas during long yin yoga poses or walking—including around the block. While Jennifer adores historical romance, she chose to write contemporary because she thought (wrongly) it needed less research while she was holding down a full-time job.
You can find out more about Jennifer and her writing at https://jenniferrainesauthor.com or via https://www.facebook.com/jenniferrainesauthor
Or https://www.instagram.com/romanceauthorjen/
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