REVIEW - The No Touch Roommate Rule (That Steamy Hockey Romance #2) by Lili Valente

The Book

Release Date: 26 September 2025

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What to do when the sexy hockey player you've been avoiding suddenly becomes your roommate? Make "no touch" rules. Obviously.

I've spent months dodging Leo Parker's attempts to score a second date. Yes, he's gorgeous. Yes, he plays for the Louisiana Voodoo. Yes, he kisses like it's an Olympic sport. But he's also six years younger than I am and—plot twist—I used to babysit him when he was twelve.

But when a hurricane destroys my restaurant (and the storage closet I've been sleeping in), Parker swoops in with the perfect solution. Move in with him. Temporarily. With RULES:

• No sex
• Clothes stay ON in common areas
• Hugging, but only before 5pm

But living with Parker means watching him do everything without a shirt on. Hearing him moan over my cooking like it's foreplay. And discovering he's not just a pretty face—he's funny, generous, and seems to like me...just the way I am.

Soon we're roadtripping to food festivals, winning crawfish mating-call contests (don't ask), and breaking every rule. Repeatedly. I'm starting to think this sweet, sexy man might be My One.

There's just one problem: When it comes to men, I'm cursed. And a blast from the past is about to remind us why falling for each other might be the worst rule we've broken yet.

My Review     5 STARS

**My thanks to the author for providing me with a free copy for an honest review**

This is the second book in the series and we were introduced to Makena and Leo in book one and i really couldn't wait for their story.

With Makena being 6 years older than Leo she certainly had issues with the age gap at first.  Especially as she has not had the best luck with the men in her life.

Leo has had a crush on Makena since he was 13 and the crush is more now he is an adult.  However he knows that she has had some bad luck with the men in her life and is not scared of putting in the hard work to get what he wants, and he wants her bad!

I loved Leo's Nana, I would have loved a Nana like her for sure.

Both Leo and Makena manage to work through their issues and have a good amount of supportive friends and family between them, and with the introduction more of Charlotte and Nix we know who book three is going to be about and how they start their relationship.

Another great book in another great series.