Cath Beckinsale husband Gaz died, she concentrats on the children's she's not used to having a man around the house, but rents out a toom to one.

Lodger Dan pays 600 pounds per month from the room.
Turns out to be an Americatis rom Arkansas and who a mature university student.

Children Jack, Leanne and Erir. Cats a stay at home mum but dream to a science teacher..

But instead of being a stay at home want to be a scientist, something she was on track to becom after finishing school.

Reggie, Bradley Jada Malic all want science lessons all teenagers from her old school as she wishes to start giving private lessons. Leaves her thinking she can get learning onto their

'Everything is changing' and she doesn't it one little bit. Dan tells her 'crying is not hippy dippy. It's a natural reaction to feeling bad'.

Geoff and Sheila Cath's parent and step farther.

Starts a social media channel, sharing exam tips in science. It becomes extremely popular!

Dad has growns on Cath, people at the school gate say she got Dan wrapped around your finger. Cath emphasis that their just friends.

Website attracts the print media, and her stats have taken off.

Catches Eric spoken cannabis. But he tell her he wishes she was dead and wants his dad was alive!
Make Cath feel like she's letting him down.But Dan consoles her, but reaches in for a kiss.

Cath is nominate for an award and takes Dan with her to London. Their relationship grows.

How will it work out in the end? Can Cath keep hold of him without her clumsy personality causing thing making things full apart, you really have to read right up to the end to find out!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for giving me a complmentary digital copy of this ebook in exchange for a full,
frank and honest review. All opinions expressed are completely my own.,,

The Accidental Housemate sucked me in from the first chapter and had me rolling throughout! This was well paced and honestly the perfect binge read when you're looking for something that'll make you feel good!

BLURB:
Cath Beckinsale is in a jam. She’s a single mum of three, with her 40th birthday in sight and a precarious hold on employment. And she can’t quite let go of her late husband Gaz, whose ashes are still in an urn on the kitchen table.

To make ends meet a student lodger seems like the perfect solution – after all, what’s one more child in the house? But when Dan flies in from the US with guitar and chest hair on display, it’s immediately clear that he’s no teenager, but someone who quickly sends life in an unexpected direction.

MY REVIEW:
To start with, this is not a romcom. It is a women’s fiction novel that follows Cath, a single mother, as she navigates her grief of losing her husband and her journey of finding herself again.

The writing and plot were fine, and most of the characters were likeable, but this needs to be marketed better.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in return for my honest review.

Not what I was expecting, as it was so much better. You really feel for Cath, even if you are the complete opposite of her, you can feel for her. Losing her partner and having to keep going, not just for the kids, but for herself as well. The more you get to know Cath, the more compassion and empathy you have for her. The aspect of this story I enjoyed most was how Gaz was still such a massive character even with how they treat his urn, it was such a refreshing and honest way showing how different people deal with their grief. Dan was the one that took me a while to warm to, but once I was warm, well he set me aflame with how he treated everyone else. This is a great read for whiling the hours, or just enjoying learning about how others deal with grief and loss.

Sal Thomas has written an utter gem of a book with her debut 'The Accidental Housemate'. Set in Birmingham (where they say 'mom' not 'mum'!), 39 year-old single mother of three Cath ends up with an unlikely lodger, the hunky American Dan, who is a few years younger to help her meet her bills, after she loses her job thanks to an alcoholic colleague shifting blame on her.

Cath is a survivor, having discovered she was pregnant with her now toddler son in the aftermath of Gav's sudden death three years prior. She has a wonderful dry sense of humour while being a fierce mother for her three kids. However she's stuck in her grief with Gav's ashes still yet to be distributed, and, as her original dreams for going to university were put aside, after discovering she was pregnant in her late teens, still feels like she's missing something.

I devoured this book. I loved the chemistry between Dan and Cath. Cath has built up a carapace, afraid to move forward, and Dan is patient, kind and loving, but not unafraid to call her out on her shit. I also loved her 'Science Mom' storyline and how social media attention can be harmful when our real lives are missing something we find attention online to full that hole.

Sal Thomas should be commended for such a debut. This book has all the feels; its poignant, funny and smart. I eagerly await her next book.

Thanks to Harper Collins UK and One More Chapter and NetGalley for the ARC.

I loved this fun story about a woman who can't seem to get her life together and the man who appears to be one thing and turns out to be quite another. I felt the sort of mom-panic that Cath faces, the mishaps and misadventures while trying to navigate her way through the world. Dan is the perfect foil for her and the whole concept of using social media to teach, along with the pitfalls of succeeding at it, were all truly great. This is a hip and now sort of story; I'd highly recommend it to other readers and will share on my platforms!

Great debut book. I'll definitely be looking out for more books by this author in the future.

In this book we meet Cath, she is in a little bit of a funny. She is mum of three lovely children, who has sadly lost her husband. Everything seems to be falling apart, she is coming up to her 40th birthday, she barley has a hold on her job, and she is finding it hard to come to terms with her husband's passing and to find her own path in the world.

So Cath decides that she needs to take in a student to be able to make ends meet. Cath thinks that she is going to be getting a student who is looking for a place to live. However in walks Dan, American musician who is definitely not a child and who sends her world into a motion that she never thought that she would feel again after the passing of her husband.

A lovely storyline of finding yourself, finding your way in life and learning to love again when your world has fallen apart.

I enjoyed this title! Cath was a great main character and although I don't really relate to her I was able to read her story and enjoy nonetheless. Some of the plot points were a little unrealistic to me, but if you can look past those, this is a great debut! Also, the cover was SO cute!!

A funny, yet heartwarming read.

A story of Cath, a widowed mother of three and the journey to find herself again. She takes on a lodger Dan who's not quite what she was expecting.

The relationship between Cath and her daughter Leanne was sweet and she wasn't afraid to tell her mum what she thought.
Dan was charming and his interactions with Cath and her best friend were funny and made me chuckle.
As well as the lighthearted and flirty storyline it does touch on dealing with greif which I thought balanced really well and it did bring a tear to two to my eyes.
Overall a great enjoyable read.

Thanks to NetGalley for the download

Ended up really loving this. This reads more like women’s fiction with a dash of romance.

The “issues” and coming together with the couple seemed rushed. Would have benefited with a couple more scenes between the two.

The ensemble characters are lovable! This story deals with grief and will touch your heart, while giving you a couple laughs.

Single POV
Women’s Fiction, dash of romance
Closed Door
Single Mom
Age Gap/Younger Man
Lovable Ensemble Cast

The Accidental Housemate was a lovely read! The book starts slow, but hang in there. The characters are so whole and they will charm you as you read. Cath isn’t always my favorite, but she’s relatable and funny. This book has it all. Love, crazy families, romance, parenting, grief, and more. It’s almost like a therapy session/book rolled up together.

The Accidental Housemate is a heartwarming and entertaining novel by Sal Thomas. The story revolves around two strangers, Cath & Dan, who end up becoming housemates due to unforeseen circumstances.

The author does an excellent job of creating relatable and likable characters. Dan and Cath have distinct personalities and quirks that make them feel real and endearing. Their initial awkwardness and eventual friendship are portrayed in a realistic and charming way.

There were moments where I laughed out load. I was loving the story of Cath, her kids, her best friend & their relationship and I loved how Dan came into the picture. I was excited to see how Cath and Dan became close and I wanted more of that. The writing was great. But it just became to much about everything else in Cath's life. There were things I felt that could have been left out.

Overall, The Accidental Housemate is a delightful and heartwarming novel. I just really wanted more of Dan and Cath.

This Rom-Com just hit me hard, but in a good way. I absolutely loved this book. It just quietly crept into my heart and head and planted itself there.
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Single parent trope? Say no less!

If there is one thing I love it is the single parent trope! And it was such a refreshing change for me to read about a single mom since all the single parent books I’ve read has been about a single dad!

This book was such an easy, fly-through-every-page book that I pretty much binged it!

I will say the writing style wasn’t my favorite but I still really enjoyed this book and would recommend to others!

Cath is a single mom to 3 kids after her boyfriend (really her husband minus the marriage part) died unexpectedly while she was pregnant with #3.

After she loses her job she realizes she needs more money and decides to take in a lodger. A student teenager from America is headed her way. When she picks him up from it airport she finds out he's not actually a teenager at all. He's an adult male, a very attractive adult male.

Cath and her awkwardness were definitely my favorite part of this book. She is 100% every woman in that way and I loved it!!

As you can imagine Cath and Dan (the lodger) become close and what ensues is what you'd expect in the end.

An enjoyable book that I'd probably recommend.

The Accidental Housemate by new to me author Sal Thomas, published by Harper Collines/ One More Chapter is a stand-alone romance that gives all the feels.
Cath, a nearly 40 year old single mom is still griving her late husband. A new relationship is far from her mind. But to better up her income, she decides to rent a room to a student. Thinking so what's one kid more ??
Far from it is Dan who shows up on her doorstep, and soon he's turnng her whole world upside down.
A great read that I enjoyed with characters I easily could connect with, 4,5 beautiful stars.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. I’ll start with what I did like: I liked that this book was a good representation of how grief isn’t linear nor uniform to all. I liked Dan and Leanne. I liked how Leanne wasn’t afraid to call out her mother.
What I didn’t like: this was not a romcom. I would not have chosen this if I knew this was a tale of a single mother navigating grief and finding herself. I could not connect with Cath, honestly I just didn’t like her character. Also I sometimes forget that British English and North American English don’t always translate well. There were quite a few sentences in this book that made zero sense to me. I figure it’s a language thing.
I think this needs to be marketed differently. I’m a mood reader and I was really disappointed this was not at all what I was hoping for. Overall it’s a 2.5⭐️ at most IMO.

A fun, easy to read romance about the responsibilities of adulthood and the problems that come with life. I found this to be a quick lighthearted read and although it does have some deeper elements (loss, being a widow) this is mostly a feel good book that will make you laugh out loud.

The Accidental Housemate by Sal Thomas is a heartwarming and entertaining novel that tells the story of Cath Beckinsale, a single mother of three who is struggling to make ends meet. In a bid to ease her financial woes, Cath decides to take in a student lodger. But when Dan, a matured and charismatic musician from the US, arrives, Cath's life takes an unexpected turn.

The author's writing style is witty and engaging, and the characters are well-drawn and relatable. The chemistry between Cath and Dan is palpable, and their evolving relationship is both touching and humorous.

The novel explores themes of love, loss, and family in a poignant and thought-provoking manner. The Accidental Housemate is a delightful and heartwarming read that will leave readers feeling uplifted and inspired. Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a charming and enjoyable story.

A lovely lighthearted book with a great sense of humour running through it.
Cath tells her own story; she is a 39 year old widow with three children - Leanne is 18 and just about to embark on her university journey, Eric an almost-teen and Jack the toddler.
When Cath unexpectedly loses her job, she needs money so takes in Dan, a university student from America. She's expecting an 18 year old so is surprised when he turns out to be a drop dead gorgeous 30 something.
Quite predictable but I was on her side throughout, unlike others in her life.
Great characters, enjoyable story and 4 🌟 from me.