Sisterhood of Reading

Mortgage of Convenience- Dani McClean 🤩🤩🤩🤩

I received an ARC of this book on NetGalley from Set the Mood Publishing and Dani McClean. I liked the book description when I requested it and I’m glad that it was approved!

Bee Montgomery is a writer, or at least she would be if she could find the courage to finish her novel and submit it to her publisher. She has been ghost writing for others, never before ready to set off on her own. One drunken night with her best friend and she sends her novel idea to her publisher. Now she has actually has the chance to make her dream come true. She after being away for 5 years, she finds herself back in her hometown to get this book done. Sebastian Wolfe is her brother’s best friend. Sebastian has been working hard on getting his life together. He’s completely comfortable in his own skin, he knows the kind of man he wants to be, or rather the kind of man he doesn’t want to be. He is ready to buy a house and hopefully settle down with someone and be the kind of father that he wished he had growing up. When Sebastian needs someone to sign the mortgage on a house with him, Bee steps in and agrees to do it. In exchange, she needs his help to gain the confidence she needs to be the main character in her own life. Owning a house together and getting to know each other might be exactly what they both need. When they finally get together, their connection is genuine. It makes the spice that much better.

This book is a romance, obviously. It is spicy and sweet. However, it also touches on a lot of important themes that you don’t normally see in romance. I love love love the representation of the LGBTQ+ community and the way that Sebastian lives proudly as a Bi man. This book has the positive masculinity that I wish all books had- strong, confident, tattooed, sexy men that can express emotion and are authentic. Sebastian’s character nailed it. I loved the journey that Bee goes on as well. She realizes that she has outgrown her best friend and realizes that she is not the kind of friend that a positive influence in her life. She finds the courage to end that friendship, which is such a hard thing to do. It is often worse than ending a romantic relationship. This book really had some great themes are are so important and aren’t often represented in romance books. The spice was hot, the chemistry was there. Overall a really entertaining read and I definitely recommend it.