TY - BOOK AU - Ballard,Falon TI - Lease on love: a novel SN - 9780593419915 PY - 2022///] CY - New York PB - G. P. Putnam's Sons KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Roommates KW - Apartment dwellers KW - Florists KW - Grief KW - Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) KW - Romance fiction KW - lcgft KW - Novels N1 - Includes discussion guide (pages 337-338) N2 - "Beach Read meets The Flatshare in this warmly funny and delightfully sharp debut rom-com about a down-on-her-luck young woman who turns an innocent mix-up between a dating app and a roommate app into a new chance at love"--; After getting passed over for an overdue and much needed promotion, Sadie Green is in desperate need of three things: a stiff drink, a new place to live, and a one-night-stand. When she mixes up a long-ignored dating app for a roommate-finding app and finds herself on the doorstep of Jack Thomas's gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone, Sadie is more attracted to his impressive real estate than she is to the man himself. Jack, still grieving the unexpected death of his parents, finds comfort in video games and movie marathons instead of friends. Not knowing what to make of the vivacious Sadie, he offers her his spare bedroom while she gets back on her feet. As Sadie begins to turn the brownstone into a home, they both start to realize they may have just made the deal of a lifetime. -- adapted from back cover ER -