Beau Shanahan is my best friend’s younger brother. He’s also an arrogant jerk, and a globe-trotting, snowboarding bad-boy — in other words, everything I despise.

But when I’m jilted by my cheating fiancé and left homeless in the process, being Beau’s roommate for the next few weeks is my only option.

As a roommate, Beau’s inconsiderate, perpetually half-naked, and ridiculously unreliable…except when he isn’t. Because he keeps coming to my rescue – he cooks me dinner, saves my puppy’s life, and shows up for me when I need him most. In fact, the more time we spend together, the more obvious it is that his playboy image is just that: an image.

As barely tolerating each other morphs into barely restrained attraction, it’s harder and harder to keep this casual. But he’s leaving in two weeks, and if anyone finds out about our relationship, we both stand to lose the things we care about most.