Roomhate (Deluxe Edition)

Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a steamy second chance romance. Amelia hasn't seen her childhood best friend Justin since she broke his heart as a teenager, but when she arrives at the beach house her grandmother left to both of them, she finds Justin staying there too…and he hates her guts. Sharing a summer house with a hot-as-hell roommate should be a dream come true, right?Not when it’s Justin… the only person I’d ever loved… who now hates me.When my grandmother died and left me half of the house on Aquidneck Island, there was a catch: the other half would go to the boy she helped raise.The same boy who turned into the teenager whose heart I broke years ago.The same teenager who’s now a man with a hard body and a hardass personality to match.I hadn’t seen him in years, and now we’re living together because neither one of us is willing to give up the house.The worst part? He didn’t come alone.I’d soon realize there’s a thin line between love and hate. I could see through that smug smile. Beneath it all…the boy is still there. So is our connection.The problem is…now that I can’t have Justin, I’ve never wanted him more. Established author: Penelope Ward is a New York Times bestselling author with a huge backlist and an established name in the self-published romance authors community.Beloved by readers: The self-published version of Roomhate has sold over 4.5K print copies and was a New York Times bestseller and a 2016 nominee for the Goodreads Choice Award for best romance.Contemporary romance: Penelope's books are perfect comps to contemporary romance authors like Meghan Quinn and Lucy Score.Heat level and tropes: Second chance romance, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, childhood friends, pregnancy; rated R for standard contemporary heat.Author and story location: Roomhate and Penelope Ward are both located in Rhode Island.Author Bio: PENELOPE WARD is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.With over 2 million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels.In 2014, Penelope’s fourth book, Stepbrother Dearest, became the #1 bestselling independently published Kindle ebook of the year on Amazon.com and was credited with igniting an entirely new subgenre of romance. Her 2016 smash hit RoomHate debuted at #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Penelope is an Audie Award Winner and three-time Goodreads Choice Romance of the Year Nominee. Her books have been featured in Entertainment Weekly and Publisher’s Weekly (Starred Review).Penelope’s novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world. She can often be found chatting live with her readers in her private Facebook group, Penelope’s Peeps.