I really enjoyed this roommates-to-lovers story! Ian was adorable as the absent-minded professor! He was too sweet for his own good and really needed somebody to take care of him. He got it with Joel. Joel was also a sweetie and did a great job caring for Ian. I loved watching Joel's sister help him see the light. (

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KindleRomance | Mar 31, 2013 |

Nothing too deep, a quick read, but highly unrealistic. Maybe if the author had more pages the story would have been better. Ian is highly unlikely, he was hard to buy. He is so absent minded I don't know how he made it to 23 years old. Joel's accent was distracting. I liked the idea of the couple. (

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saturnnalia | Mar 2, 2011 |

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If I Must

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2009-12

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Joel Martinez

Ian Cooper

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Denver, Colorado, USA

Sacramento, California, USA

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Joel very carefully taped the phone list on the refrigerator, and then his itinerary, and then the magnetic calendar with the dry-erase reminders, all in bold, black, square, print-block writing.

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From Dreamspinner Press:Joel Martinez, a practical and organized computer programmer, is roommates with Ian Cooper, a certified IQ-in-the- stratosphere mathematical genius who literally can't find his own underwear in the mess of his day-to-day life. When Joel uneasily leaves Ian for the holidays, he ends up telling stories to his sister and discovers he feels much more for Ian than he thought. So when Ian calls, distraught because the only other thing in his life that loves him (a half-feral cat named Manky Bastard) is going to have to be put down, Joel hurries back home hoping that opposites really do attract.

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