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Strike One-My mother named me Theodore after her favorite chipmunk.<\/p>\n
Not cool, Mom.<\/p>\n
I\u2018ve spent most of my life answering to Teddy, because I couldn\u2019t make Theo work.<\/p>\n
Except for here. College. The place where all bets are off, and I\u2019ve managed to redeem myself.
\nThere\u2019s only one problem, my new roommate, Troy, is football royalty and looks like he stepped off the set of an Abercrombie shoot.<\/p>\n
Doesn\u2019t matter, I cook a mean breakfast for his panty parade, and we get along well.
\nAnd anyway, this year I got the girl. And she\u2019s perfect.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s right. Theodore Houseman, former band geek, now marching band rock star has finally landed the girl of his dreams.<\/p>\n
Everything is perfect.<\/p>\n
That is, until Troy takes a good look at her.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not going down without a fight. As a matter of fact, I\u2019m not going down at all. As glorious as these days may be for my all-star roommate, Laney is my
\nend game.<\/p>\n
I may not know much about play strategy, but I\u2019ve been the good guy my whole life. I\u2019ve been listening and I know exactly what women want. Framed in a picture standing next to me, Troy may seem like Mr. Perfect, but he\u2019s underestimating the guy on the right.<\/p>\n
Spoiler alert: In this story, the underdog is going to win.<\/p>\n
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Add to Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4.5 stars!<\/b><\/p>\n OMG, this is such a fantastic read! A fresh, surprising, laugh-out-loud NA romantic comedy that is fun and heartfelt with lots of feels, and I loved it!<\/p>\n Theo is the underdog. He\u2019s the good guy, the band geek, the one who had his heart broken by his high school girlfriend and who is usually overlooked by women, hanging in the background and being ignored. And it doesn\u2019t help that his housemate, Troy, is one of the biggest boys on campus \u2013 a huge, good looking football star with a revolving door of women coming in and out of his room (with kind-hearted Theo usually cooking them breakfast before they leave).<\/p>\n Laney is the kind of girl that usually falls right under Troy\u2019s spell, but she\u2019s had enough of that and is trying to turn over a new leaf. Independent, opinionated, and a little bit crazy with a \u201cgypsy heart\u201d, she\u2019s a fantastic heroine who is a country girl through and through, and she is wildly entertaining.<\/p>\n True love exists. I\u2019m a believer in it, but maybe just not for the women in my family. A drunken encounter between Theo and Laney leads to them spending a night in open and carefree conversation. They click instantly, and fall into an easy friendship that is full of fantastic banter and conversation, and fun times together that had me laughing at their thoroughly entertaining antics.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can hang out \u2026 and live our realest life.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This friendships is just fantastic! They grow close really quickly, and I love how free and easy they are with each other. They don\u2019t hide anything, they are completely open about who they are \u2013 flaws and all \u2013 and it makes everything between them so real! Laney doesn\u2019t hold back on her crazy, and Theo doesn\u2019t have to act super-manly, they just accept and appreciate each other for who they are, and it is gorgeous to watch.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t pansy on me, Theo. This isn\u2019t my first time.\u201d But, of course, the more time they spend together and the more they get to know each other, things begin to shift and change. It\u2019s slow and steady, and the build-up is beautifully written.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The love story is so, so beautiful! I love a friends-to-lovers romance, and this one is done so well! With their strong friendship as a base, they maintain that sense of fun and playfulness, but they let themselves go as they explore more, and it\u2019s so gorgeous! The sex is really freaking hot and a fantastic extension of the connection between them, but it\u2019s the developing feels that are beautiful to watch, and I love watching everything change between them.<\/p>\n How did I not see this? How could I not have seen this incredible man for what he is? In a matter of life-altering hours, Theo has just become the most irresistible man I\u2019ve ever known. If I\u2019m completely honest, I\u2019ve been falling for him, in pieces, since the night we met \u2026. But issues from the past continue to plague our young lovers, and they have their share of heartache to go through as they figure everything out. It\u2019s heartbreaking to read, but I could see where they were coming from, and I appreciated the fact that Stewart allowed these characters to make mistakes. They aren\u2019t perfect, they are real, and they don\u2019t always handle things well, but that\u2019s real life and we just had to watch them work through it, and I loved doing just that.<\/p>\n This book left me with a big grin on my face \u2013 I had it most of the way through. It\u2019s sweet, sexy and swoony and lots of fun, and I loved it!<\/p>\n 4.5 stars!<\/p>\n I\u2019m really looking forward to the release of a novella for Troy, Fourth and Inches, coming soon!<\/p>\n An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Guy on the Right (#1)<\/strong> (Theo) The Guy on the Left (#2)<\/strong> (Troy) The Guy in the Middle (#3)<\/strong> (Lance) <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Texas native, Kate Stewart lives in North Carolina with her husband, Nick, and her naughty beagle, Sadie. She pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance as well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense because it\u2019s what she loves as a reader. Kate is a lover of all things \u201980s and \u201990s, especially John Hughes films and rap. 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