My Roommate Is a Vampire

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Roommate Wanted to Share Spacious Third-Floor Brownstone Apartment in Lincoln Park

Hello. I seek a roommate with whom to share my apartment. It is a spacious unit by modern standards with two large bedrooms, an open sitting area, and a semiprofessional eat-in kitchen. Large windows flank the eastern side of the apartment and provide a striking view of the lake. The unit is fully furnished in a tasteful, classical style. I am seldom home after sundown, so if you work a traditional schedule, you will usually have the apartment to yourself.

Rent: $200 per month. No pets, please. Kindly direct all serious inquiries to fjfitzwilliam@gmail.com.

"There has to be something wrong with this place."

"Cassie, listen, this is a really good deal-"

"Forget it, Sam." That last part came out more forcefully than I'd intended-though not by much. Even though I needed his help, my embarrassment over being in this situation in the first place made accepting that help difficult. Sam meant well, but his insistence on involving himself in every part of my current situation was getting on my very last nerve.

To his credit, Sam-my oldest friend, who'd long ago acclimated to how snippy I sometimes got when I was stressed-said nothing. He simply folded his arms across his chest, waiting for me to be ready to say more.

I only needed a few moments to pull myself together and start feeling badly for snapping at him. "Sorry," I muttered under my breath. "I know you're only trying to help."

"It's all right," he said, sympathetic. "You have a lot going on. But it's okay to believe that things can get better."

I had no reason to believe that things could get better, but now wasn't the time to get into it. I simply sighed and turned my attention back to the Craigslist ad on my laptop.

"Anything that sounds too good to be true usually is."

Sam peered over my shoulder at my screen. "Not always. And you have to admit this apartment sounds great."

It did sound

By day, Jenna Levine works to increase access to affordable housing in the American South. By night, she writes romance novels where ridiculous things happen to beautiful people. When Jenna isn't writing she can usually be found crying over k-dramas, starting knitting projects she won't finish, or spending time with her family and small army of cats.

My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine is like your favorite red wine familiar, tasty, and will definitely have you kissing hot strange vampires by the end of the night. Bloody delightful! Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics

"This debut romance by Jenna Levine is wonderfully weird and sexy as hell. The amount of care Frederick J. Fitzwilliam takes in figuring out what will get Cassie's blood pumping! (Not like that.) It's almost enough to make you want to scour Craigslist for your own potential boyfriend who'll be head over fangs for you. My Roommate is a Vampire is a whole vibe." Alicia Thompson, national bestselling author of Love in the Time of Serial Killers

"Jenna Levine's sensational debut has everything I want in a romcom - delightfully wry humour, a warm heart, and an utterly adorable romance with the most dreamy hero ever to don a cravat. My Roommate Is a Vampire is altogether a kooky, sparkly piece of happiness." India Holton, national bestselling author of The League of Gentlewomen Witches

Jenna Levine delivers a fresh, charming romp full of heart and some of the best kissing scenes I ve ever read. For someone whose love for both vampires and Chicago runs deep, it was an absolute delight of a novel to sink my teeth into. Isabel Cañas, national bestselling author of The Hacienda

"My Roommate Is a Vampire is a delicious, delightful love story - whimsical, magical, and hilarious, with enough heart to make readers cry and enough heat to make them melt. It's an ode to love in all its forms - romantic love, but also the love of friends, the love of art, and the process of learning to love yourself. Cassie is warm-hearted, chaotically horny, and so relatable, and Frederick J. Fitzwiliam is the exquisitely dressed cinnamon roll vampire of my dreams. This is an incredible debut, and I can't wait to read whatever story Levine tells next!"