The Flatshare

This book has one of the most unique premises I’ve ever come across in any book, much less a romance—Tiffy is just out of a toxic relationship and needs a cheap apartment fast. Leon is a palliative care nurse who is working graveyard shifts and needs extra money to help his brother. They come to an agreement—without ever actually meeting each other—to split the flat: Tiffy is there while Leon works and vice versa. 

They begin to communicate through Post-it notes, and it’s honestly the most beautiful development of a relationship I’ve ever read. I was tearing through the pages… show more.

Flatshare is one of the only romantic comedies on the market to include a hospice setting, which is one of the reasons I love it. The story features two characters forced to share a one-bedroom flat due to financial constraints. Tiffy gets the flat overnight while Leon works in the hospice, and when he comes home from his night shift the flat is his until Tiffy returns.

The premise (they share a bed, but they’ve never met) is often cited by those in the publishing world as ‘the perfect hook’ – grabbing your attention and making you want… show more.