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Today, we're teaming up with Carina Press to bring you a stop along their current BLOG TOUR promotion featuring a recent BOOK BIRTHDAY celebrant! That's right! It's the latest from author Ruby Lang, and the third title in her Uptown series, but I've been totally reassured it reads just fine as a stand alone. So, if you're ready to take a closer look at this delightful sounding read, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE! Let's get to know it better than take a quick peek between the pages. Ready? Set? Let's go!
House Rules
Uptown series, Book 3
by
Ruby Lang
9781488055164
Carina Press
Carina Press
About the book...
ROOMMATE WANTED to share a gorgeous sun-filled apartment in Central Harlem. Must love cats. No ex-husbands or wives need apply.
Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kai apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right in her ex-husband’s path. Music teacher Simon is also hunting for a new place to live, and when Lana proposes they be platonic roomies, well…it’s not the worst idea he’s ever heard.
A sunny uptown two-bedroom sounds far more appealing than the cramped, noisy space where he’s currently struggling to work. Still, Simon has seen firsthand that Lana’s a flight risk, so he agrees on a trial basis.
Three months. With strict boundaries.
Living together again feels wonderfully nostalgic, but when the ex-couple’s lingering feelings rise to the surface, the rules go out the window.
Of course, chemistry was never their problem. But while Simon’s career feels back on solid footing, Lana is still sorting out what she wants. With their trial period soon coming to an end, they’ll have to decide if their living arrangement was merely a sexy trip down memory lane or a reunion meant to last.
Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kai apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right in her ex-husband’s path. Music teacher Simon is also hunting for a new place to live, and when Lana proposes they be platonic roomies, well…it’s not the worst idea he’s ever heard.
A sunny uptown two-bedroom sounds far more appealing than the cramped, noisy space where he’s currently struggling to work. Still, Simon has seen firsthand that Lana’s a flight risk, so he agrees on a trial basis.
Three months. With strict boundaries.
Living together again feels wonderfully nostalgic, but when the ex-couple’s lingering feelings rise to the surface, the rules go out the window.
Of course, chemistry was never their problem. But while Simon’s career feels back on solid footing, Lana is still sorting out what she wants. With their trial period soon coming to an end, they’ll have to decide if their living arrangement was merely a sexy trip down memory lane or a reunion meant to last.
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~~~ EXCERPT ~~~
She
kissed him as they traveled uptown, under the too-bright lights of
the rattling, rumbling 2 train, her hands stealing up past the thick
collar of this coat, to his warm neck, to his hair.
“We’re
disgracing ourselves,” Simon murmured, even as he nipped her
earlobe and his fingers found the zip of her jacket and pulled it
down. “Making out on the train, like teenagers.”
He
watched the progress of the zipper avidly, as if it would reveal more
than her scarf, her sweater, more layers and layers of clothing, as
if he could see down to her skin. Then he tipped his tongue up to
catch her again in a lush kiss.
She
pushed her breast, or the area of her clothing that covered it,
shamelessly into his hand, and he gave a muffled gasp that only made
her wilder. The train seat felt too smooth and unsatisfying against
her restless thighs.
Every
stop on the walk home was marked by where they paused to kiss, where
Simon pushed her up against a wall, and she ground her hips against
his. A car slowed once and honked while they were pressed on the
brick beside a beauty salon. Its headlights illuminated their
desperate bodies, causing Lana to bury her head in the front of
Simon’s coat. Simon laughed softly, an edge of incredulity in the
sound.
“We
should get back.”
“Yes.”
They
hurried now, swinging around the corner and down the block, through
the gate and up, up the stairs, the thumping of their footsteps loud
and urgent. Lana couldn’t help blushing at how impatient their
running sounded. She and Simon burst in the door and into their dark
hallway. Before the door fully closed, they’d fallen on each other,
tripping in their haste to kick off shoes and unzip and unbutton each
other, to unwind. It was as if they expected someone would stop them,
someone wise and mature who’d tell them to think this through. But
of course, they were the adults here, they were the ones in charge.
The
fact that this was a bad idea only made Lana want it more.
Copyright
© 2020 by Mindy Hung
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About the author...
Ruby Lang is the author of the acclaimed Practice Perfect series. She is pint-sized, prim, and bespectacled. Her alter ego, Mindy Hung, wrote about romance novels (among other things) for The Toast. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Walrus, Bitch, and other fine venues. She enjoys running (slowly), reading (quickly), and ice cream (at any speed). She lives in New York with a small child and a medium-sized husband.
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Special thanks to Stephanie and the Carina Press team for the chance to bring this tour to you as well as the excerpt for the feature. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, the series, or the publisher, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is available now via Carina Press. Be sure to check out the rest of the tour going on now throughout the blogosphere!
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Loving the cover.
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