Housebroke - The Library of the Uncommons

English language

Published 2023 by Penguin Publishing Group.

ISBN:: 978-0-593-43959-3

A millionaire and a woman who thinks he’s a house flipper are stuck living in a house together with a menagerie of rescue dogs as roommates, in this heartfelt romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton.

After her ex took all their money and bailed, Hazel Bristow is left broke and homeless. A kind friend whose home is on the market lets Hazel and her foster dogs stay there until it sells. It’s the perfect setup, until her friend forgets to tell Hazel she’s sold the house.

Linc Kennedy is shocked to find Hazel and her pups squatting in the house he just bought, but after some negotiating—she offers to cook amazing meals for him in return for a paycheck—he agrees to let her remain while he’s renovating the place. Linc tells Hazel he’s an investor who renovates homes for fun—he just leaves out the …

A millionaire and a woman who thinks he’s a house flipper are stuck living in a house together with a menagerie of rescue dogs as roommates, in this heartfelt romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton.

After her ex took all their money and bailed, Hazel Bristow is left broke and homeless. A kind friend whose home is on the market lets Hazel and her foster dogs stay there until it sells. It’s the perfect setup, until her friend forgets to tell Hazel she’s sold the house.

Linc Kennedy is shocked to find Hazel and her pups squatting in the house he just bought, but after some negotiating—she offers to cook amazing meals for him in return for a paycheck—he agrees to let her remain while he’s renovating the place. Linc tells Hazel he’s an investor who renovates homes for fun—he just leaves out the part about being wealthy.

Hazel’s intrigued by Linc. He’s funny, sweet, ridiculously hot, and loves dogs almost as much as she does. But her track record with men? Not great. She worries her trust meter isn’t in working order.

Linc’s never met anyone like the quirky beauty who puts everyone’s needs—human and canine—before her own. He didn’t tell her about his wealth because he’s been burned by women who only wanted him for his money. But with Hazel, he’s never felt more like himself. Now he has to figure out how to tell her the truth without losing her. Because Linc realizes what he feels for her isn’t puppy love—it’s true love.

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KnitAFett reviewed Housebroke by Jaci Burton

Decent low-level drama romance.

3 stars

This was a random book grab from a library display. Not too disappointing, but definitely not amazing.

Overall, I gave this story 2.5 stars. However, I had to round it up to 3 because of the dogs and the fostering situations. You could tell that Jaci knew the processes and issues surrounding fostering, and since I have started volunteering at a senior dog rescue in my area, it was really refreshing to see it being discussed and normalized for rescued dogs to be able to still live their best lives, even if it means taking a senior dog on a walk in a stroller so they can still get out. The dogs were also not used as props and had many appearances and interactions through the story.

This was a super simple read which is what I was needing since I was in a bad reading slump. There …

This was a random book grab from a library display. Not too disappointing, but definitely not amazing.

Overall, I gave this story 2.5 stars. However, I had to round it up to 3 because of the dogs and the fostering situations. You could tell that Jaci knew the processes and issues surrounding fostering, and since I have started volunteering at a senior dog rescue in my area, it was really refreshing to see it being discussed and normalized for rescued dogs to be able to still live their best lives, even if it means taking a senior dog on a walk in a stroller so they can still get out. The dogs were also not used as props and had many appearances and interactions through the story.

This was a super simple read which is what I was needing since I was in a bad reading slump. There were some sentences that made me give the book some side-eye, but overall it just kind of chugged along. The "drama" only happens within the last 20 pages of the book. You know where it's heading and how they're going to react to the scenario, but I was almost not sure that they were even going to have any head-butting because it took so long to get to that point of the book. So if you want a very low-drama romance and don't mind rolling your eyes a few times, this is not a bad book for that.

Subjects

American literature