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If You Hate Me

by Helena Hunting

A tense roommate arrangement with old feelings in the mix

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A tense roommate arrangement with old feelings in the mix

A fresh start proves difficult when the only available home comes with two professional hockey players—and one is Tristan, the best friend of the narrator’s older brother. Their shared living situation puts her job hunt and plans to find a place of her own alongside constant friction with someone she once had a crush on and no longer trusts. The setup brings together familiar contemporary-romance ingredients: forced proximity, a brother’s best friend, and the gap between an old impression and the person now sharing the apartment. Hockey frames the domestic conflict, while the narrator’s efforts to regain stability give the romance a practical complication beyond attraction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy contemporary romance built around roommates and forced proximity.
  • Readers interested in brother’s-best-friend dynamics and unresolved past attraction.
  • Readers looking for a romance set in the world of professional hockey.

Themes

Forced proximityBrother’s best friendPast attraction and distrustStarting over

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Book overview

My new roommates are two pro hockey players.

First, my f-boy of an older brother, and second, his seriously hot best friend (who I seriously hate).

This was a last resort.

No one should be sleeping on a futon that smells like Cheetos and hot sweat.

But here I am, trying to get my life together.

 

Tristan Stiles is the bane of my existence.

He never wears a shirt.

We can't seem to stop fighting.

He's an arrogant playboy with a filthy reputation.

Sure, I had a crush on him when I was fourteen but that was a long time ago.

I know better than to trust him.

 

I just need to survive long enough to find a new job and get a new place.

And not accidentally let Tristan show me exactly how well deserved his reputation is.

 

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