

For others, the intro is slow to build momentum and heard from a distance-a heart captured by the passion driving another.įor Holland and Calvin’s start, it’s the latter. For some couples, it begins in college with a proposition and a ruined pair of shoes, taking ten years for their notes to harmonize. I think it’s important to acknowledge-no two meet cutes are ever the same-each relationship has its own distinct opening and underlying beat, much like a piece of music.

Eager to stoke those gushy, giggly, infatuated-girl feelings.

As their relationship evolves and Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway-in the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting-will Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?Ī love-drunk heart, from what is sure to be an infamous guide on how not to date-told by Christina Lauren's quirkiest literary couple yet (ahem, Josh and Hazel)-spurred my instantaneous reach for Roomies. Impulsively, she marries the Irishman, her infatuation a secret only to him. Seeing that her uncle needs Calvin as much as Calvin needs him, a wild idea takes hold of her. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway-until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he’s in the country illegally, his student visa having expired years ago. Using the only resource she has to pay the brilliant musician back, Holland gets Calvin an audition with her uncle, Broadway’s hottest musical director. Calvin Mcloughlin rescues her, but quickly disappears when the police start asking questions.

Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, fate steps in one night in the form of a drunken attacker. Marriages of convenience are so.inconvenient.įor months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn to the captivating music performed by her street musician crush. Modern love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable as in New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s romantic novel. From subway to Broadway to happily ever after.
