The American Roommate Experiment
Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or
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Spanish romance writer Rosie Graham loses her apartment ceiling and her career in the same week. She crashes at her friend's place and finds herself sharing it with Lucas Martin, a Spanish guy passing through New York.
Yes. The American Roommate Experiment is the second book in Elena Armas's Spanish Love Deception series. The first is The Spanish Love Deception. The two share a setting and minor characters.
Yes. The American Roommate Experiment contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
Yes. The American Roommate Experiment contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
The American Roommate Experiment was written by Elena Armas, published in 2022 by Atria Books.
The American Roommate Experiment is 201 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The American Roommate Experiment takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
The American Roommate Experiment is a standalone novel by Elena Armas, not part of a series.
The American Roommate Experiment is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
