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Formula for Devotion: A Roommates to Lovers Romance (Excelling @ Love Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Amelia Simone (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

3.6 56 ratings

Book 5 of 5: Excelling @ Love

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Star-crossed roommates.
A pact for change.
And friends who want to keep them apart...

Jay Richards
People who know I've fallen hopelessly in love with Elodie Varona: my sister-in-law, my boss, and our friends. I’m pretty sure the mail carrier suspects. Anyone who has seen me accompany her on guitar while she sings can see at a glance that I'm a fool for her. The whole world knows and wants to keep us apart. My denial is barely plausible. Only Elodie seems oblivious. She deserves the best, and that’s not me.

Elodie Varona
I ought to see a therapist to discuss the wicked fantasies I’m having about my roommate. I should know better, since I’m studying to become a counselor. After tragedy strikes, Jay asks me to help him overhaul his image—to help make him the best man he can be. Saying no isn’t my strong suit, let alone to the man I might secretly love. I want him, but... he sees me as his wingwoman.

Unrequited love for your roommate is never a good look. Ask Jay. Or Elodie. Just don't ask them at the same time...

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Alternately steamy, nerdy, and sweet, the Excelling @ Love Series follows a group of strong women as they find love in their small college town. Filled with feel-good romance, found family, and flirty banter, the Excelling @ Love books are happy hour for the soul.

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	Formula for Love	Formula for L	Formula for Seduction	Formula for Redemption	Formula for Devotion
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I'm so sad to say goodbye to the Excelling @ Love world. I've loved writing about Benton, OR (admittedly, a fictionalized version of Corvallis, OR.) Jay and Elodie are close to my heart, with their sometimes bumbling attempts at seeing what's right in front of each of their faces: each other. I hope you enjoy their love story!

About the Author

Amelia Simone is a reader turned writer based in the Pacific Northwest. Along with caring for her young family and enjoying food and wine adventures with her husband, she spends a lot of time in the backyard gardening and reading during her free time. (If you plant enough stuff, no one notices if you accidentally kill off half.)
When the weather cooperates, you can find her on her deck sipping coffee and writing her next book. Amelia enjoys writing funny, hopeful romance about everyday people.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BLKPK95B
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (February 24, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 24, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4706 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #846,306 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #18,503 in Romantic Comedy (Kindle Store)
- #21,853 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #26,624 in Romantic Comedy (Books)

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Amelia Simone is the author of flirty, fun romances set in the Pacific Northwest, including Forbidden Flame (Book 1 of the Campfire Council Series), Formula for Love (Book 1 of the Excelling @ Love Series), and Mister Romance (Book 1 of the Self-Made Series.)

On sunny days, you can find her lounging on her deck, sipping coffee and working on her latest book. She specializes in writing lighthearted, hopeful romances that feature relatable, everyday characters who are looking for love. She's a firm believer in writing dessert books with plenty of sweet, flirty banter and teasing. Her goal is to deliver stories that give you a serotonin boost and leave you with a smile.

When she's not writing, she's wrangling her kiddos, indulging in food and wine adventures with her better half, or out back trying to revive her garden. (Hey, sometimes things die, it's fine.)

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Kandi Almanza

Cute and Easy Read

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2023

This is a cute and easy read. I enjoyed reading this. Love the characters and the storyline is great. I enjoyed the witty banter and the chemistry between the two is amazing. Looking forward to reading more from the author. Highly recommend reading this.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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Crys Joy

Good addition to the series

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023

Cute story of a bad boy falling for a good girl and vice versa. Though I felt their wasn’t much of a crisis point where I felt they weren’t going to really make it. Like Jay falling back to his ways or like Elodie seeing something out of context and realizing he wasn’t going to change. It wasn’t a big thing, but I’m used to those in most stories.

I also felt that Elodie and Jay kinda prolonged their getting together for no reason. We find out pretty early in the book why Jay won’t make a move. Even Elodie finds out, yet she doesn’t take it serious enough to see Jay’s motives and continuously doubts the situation.

It still was a good story to read, but it would have been better if there was actual drama between Elodie and Jay getting together.

If you read any of the other excelling @ love series, you’ll be happy to see familiar pop-ins from previous books.

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Barbara

Great romance and great characters

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023

Jay is currently sharing an apartment with Elodie, a woman who he is to avoid as a romantic object. Jay is known as a love them and leave them guy, often referred to as Dirtbag. He tells Elodie that he is tired of one-night stands and is interested in a relationship and hopes she will help him be boyfriend material. She has a crush on Jay and is going to show him the kind of woman she can be. I loved the reasons Jay put money in the dirtbag jar as he had thoughts about Elodie. It was fun watching her spend the money. I loved the double dates they had as Elodie’s friend was trying to find a match for her and Jay just wanted to tag along to be with her. Great book and fun characters.

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023

This super sweet read is perfect for escaping bruised emotions & you need nothing but the sugary sweetness. It's not full of all the angst but does have some emotions to work through. This is definitely going in my favorites for those days I need something to help me, without all the really negative & angry emotions to work through.

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Robin P.

Watchout for that "dirtbag jar" haha

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023

This is a classic story of roommates trying to resist falling in love but it's done well making for a very enjoyable read. Jay's friends warn him off his sweet roommate Elodie, resulting in Jay stashing a fortune in the "dirtbag jar" on the mantel. Elodie is one of those girls that everyone wants to protect, she's often treated as the little sister. But they both have secret crushes on each other and Jay is ready to change his ways to be with her. All of their stumbles as they try to stay apart while missing each other's hints were fun. The disastrous double dates were especially entertaining. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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aleksandra

Jay and Elodie’s story

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023

This is Jay and Elodie’s story. They’re friends, sharing an apartment and some seriously unrequited feelings for each other. He’s known to love them and leave them, now telling her, he’s tired of one-night stands and wants a real relationship and asking her to help him be a better man. She’s got a crush on him and decides to help him, trying to find a perfect mach for him, all while he just tags along in order to spend more time with her, his the one. This is a fun read, the story and the characters are light and fun, very likable and the writing is good. So I recommend as a fun relaxing read.

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Melissa

Reaching for what you want

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023

A cute read with a bad boy a good girl and unrequited love between them will he change to get the girl and can the girl finally become strong enough to reach out for what she wants their journey makes for a fun happy read that heats up toward the end.

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2023

Formula for Devotion: Excelling @ Love: Book 5 by Amelia Simon. Jay and Elodie bring all the feels in their story filled with mild drama, charismatic characters, undeniable attraction, and plenty of LOLs to keep it fun and flirty while they navigate their feelings for one another. I enjoyed this story and would recommend to others.

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A. L.

Eh, it was alright

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2024

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Short and sweet, nothing special. Read as a standalone, not interested in reading the previous 4 based on this. It grated on me the whole "Gotham knights" (seriously?!) blackmailing Jay. No ta.

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