The Bedroom Ban: Finding Myself… One Awkward Date at a Time by Dani Elias

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.