I do love Elle Kennedy, she knows how to write a college age romance that is more plot than spice.

When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself - but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive boys. And off-limits, with a rule against fraternizing between housemates after unwanted drama with the previous girl.

Abbey has never considered herself a rulebreaker. But soon, she's lying to her father about her living situation and falling for not one, but two men she can't have: her rugby-player roommate and a broody musician with a girlfriend. Not to mention, her research for school has gotten her tangled in a deeply hidden scandal of a high nobility family, surrounding her in secrets on all sides.

If there's any hope of Abbey finding love, answers, or a future in London, she'll have to decide which rules - and hearts - might be worth breaking . . .

Abbey and two of her flatmates take a drive out to the country where they stop at an estate sale of the infamous Tulley family. On a whim Abbey purchases a painting of a woman, then when presented with the opportunity to complete a research project of her choosing, she decides to dig into this family headed by the troublesome Lord Tulley.

As Abbey navigates sharing a house with three guys, meeting new people, and getting entangled with this Royal Adjacent family, we get to see Abbey learn a lot about life and what it means to fall in love.

While a thick 425 pages, this was a fast and enjoyable read. 4 stars from me!