Group Hug by Ariella Talix – Review by Shea Gilkerson 2/9/24

Group Hug by Ariella Talix
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wes is a psychologist who does virtual visits from within his home. His home was left to him by his grandfather, whom Wes lost just 2 months ago. They were close and Wes has been struggling with depression and motivation in the aftermath. After having so many bills come through it practically knocks him back into reality, he makes a decision to post that he’s looking for a roommate to keep his home and that they must love dogs, he rapidly gets messages immediately from both Callum and Petra, and decides to schedule them both that day to check out the house.

Callum appears first and Wes immediately finds himself attracted to him, although it’s been a few years since he thought that “phase” of his life was over. Whatever, he’s just trying to keep his house and get back in control of things. As he’s speaking with Callum, Petra walks up and they immediately all find each other…interesting. While giving them both a tour in order to decide on who will be the lucky winner, Petra and Callum both claim rooms, and Wes figures, “Why not?”. In addition to both new roommates, Petra brings her dog to join in on the fun of the new roommate life.

Callum is a new chef with goals in mind and one of the new goals happens to be to get to know his new roommates better! It’s a real win with a trained chef in the home, especially when he looks as delicious as Callum does. Petra is a ghostwriter with a lot of ideas in her head thanks to her years of writing. After a breakup she needed a place to stay, and what is safer than a house of 3 fantastic dogs and a couple of hunks?

The three of them each have their own baggage, but don’t we all? This read is a lot of fun, has some heat, has some emotion, has lots of laughs, and WONDERFUL DOGS to boot!

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