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The Bedroom Ban

Finding Myself... One Awkward Date at a Time (Mind the Corbin Brothers, Book 2)

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The Bedroom Ban

By: Dani Elias
Narrated by: Melissa Maybeck, Evan Henderson
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One accidental night. One unexpected baby. Absolutely no plan. What could possibly go wrong?

Geoff After two decades of glamorous chaos, I’ve retired from photographing beautiful people in beautiful places and taken a job teaching teenagers who think I’m prehistoric. I’m also dealing with some inconvenient medical realities that have forced me to reassess… well, everything. Then one very memorable night turns into something far more permanent. Now Christa is pregnant. With my baby. We’re living together because it makes sense. We are not a couple. We are being mature adults about this. Apart from the part where I can’t stop noticing how she takes her crumpets.

Christa

My fiancé ended our engagement at forty-three because he “wasn’t ready.” So naturally I slept with Geoff. One time. That was it. Now I’m pregnant, temporarily sharing a flat with a man who is far more thoughtful than he has any right to be, and trying to convince everyone–including myself–that this is strictly practical. He’s sorting out his health. I’m sorting out my life. We’re just friends. Friends who co-parent before the baby’s even born. Friends who absolutely do not stare at each other across the breakfast table.

The Bedroom Ban is a laugh-out-loud midlife romcom about forced proximity, found family, unexpected parenthood, men’s health, emotional growth, and two stubborn adults who swear they’re only in this together for sensible reasons. There will be chaos. There will be crumpets. There will be feelings no one agreed to.

Heads up: this book comes with a naughty twist of adult content. Set in England and penned in British English. It is a standalone in an interconnecting world.

©2026 Dani Elias (P)2026 Blue Nose Publishing
Contemporary Love, Dating & Attraction Relationships Romantic Comedy
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I really enjoyed this slow burn friends to lovers romance. It's low angst and with plenty of humour and the narration was absolutely spot on. This was new to me all round, author and both narrators, and I'll definitely be looking up some back catalogue work.

I respected Geoff for tackling his problem and how it was part of the story but wasn't used as a reason for him holding back with Crista. Although this is fairly light hearted, one of the more serious scenes involved Geoff talking his issue through with his brothers and the vulnerability felt really sincere. These are both older characters who have lived very different lives but they just work together as a unit and brought out the best in each other. Crista was just so unapologetically herself that you couldn't help but like her. The star of the show though was definitely Lucy; the fringe-cident was one of my favourite moments as was Geoff's reaction to it which unfolded like a horror story. Anyone who has been around kids and turned their back for 30 seconds will appreciate that scene! I'm going to go back to book one to see more of her as she just cracked me up.

Later in life rom com

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