Roommate Casual

The Stars Align #4

by J.B. Sharp

**Previously published as Take The Bait by JB Sharp**

Melanie Harper has rules for every aspect of her life - what time to shut the curtains at night, how many rounds of Row Your Boat to sing while washing her hands, acceptable cleaning products that have the best per ounce price. But when a casual hookup in a nightclub bathroom goes horribly wrong, her rule book is thrown out the window. She can't focus at the hospital where she works and she finds herself in a funk that she can't shake.

Ashton Reeve lives his life carefree, taking every chance to avoid responsibility. When a friend needs him to take over an apartment lease, he welcomes the change of scenery - especially since it's close to his favorite night club. What he doesn't know is that the woman who dragged him into a bathroom stall, and then stormed out just as fast, is his new roommate.

Will they be able to ignore the lure between them or is the bait too tempting to resist? Will they risk drowning in the unknown for the chance at love?

Genres: Contemporary

199 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2025

About the author

Jes, or JB as you know her, has always dreamed of being a writer. From jotting scenes in her notebooks as a kid to creative writing courses at college, her mind has always dreamed up stories.

And thanks to readers like you, those stories can now be found between the pages of her novels.

Jes fits writing time around her full time job, two boys auditioning for the next Jackass movie, a dog that insists he hasn't been pet in months, and a fully housetrained husband.

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Reviews

[Tracy Collier]

🔥🔥🔥

The spice factor for Take The Bait is 10/10 - while the first three books have a bit, I think this one takes it up a notch. The dynamic between Ashton and Melanie is absolute perfection. Their back stories are fantastic. JB does it again! 🔥💙

[Jenni St. Cyr]

This is the perfect quick, fun, and spicy read—one that will have you giggling and laughing throughout. It’s an ideal choice for a beach day or by the pool best enjoyed with a cold drink in hand. 4.25⭐️’s

[Tate Webb]

I loved Melanie and Ashton so much!

Ashton is the perfect book boyfriend.

This is my favorite book in the series so far.

[Sabrina]

The plot of this book had me super intrigued. Melanie and Ashton meet at a club and “hook up”. Melanie ends up needing a roommate and lo and behold it ends up being Ashton (the guy from the club). I have to be honest and say Melanie drove me insane. She was so particular about EVERYTHING all the way down to how much food they were sharing and making sure he didn’t eat hers. Like what?? If I were Ashton I would have ran for the hills. There was nothing exciting about her at all. Melanie is a Capricorn and my daughter reminded me that my dad is a Capricorn as well and he too drives me insane 🤣 so right on JB Sharp for nailing that astrology sign. Melanie doesn’t want a relationship and wants to keep things casual with Ashton but yet sends him texts like “work is a total shit show… cant wait to get home 😉” that sounds relationship-y to me. I didn’t feel their connection or chemistry at all which made all the steamy scenes not as enjoyable. With that being said this book has way more sex scenes than any of the others which I’m sure many would appreciate.

Unfortunately this was my least favorite of the series 😞 book 1 is still my favorite out of the 4 but she has more planned for the series. I’m happy I’m all caught up to JB Sharp’s books so I can read them as they release.



One main thing that bothered me and is a spoiler ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

The audacity of this woman to leave him at the ER to tend to his hard dick that won’t go down and then show up at his families home to “bring him home” biiiiiitch you left him at the hospital and didn’t stay with him. What gives you the right to show up at his parents and tell him to come home 🙄 people in these “friends with benefits” type relationships crack me up. It’s not going to work but yet they think they can handle it. Melanie is so unlikable it almost makes me mad.

[Ana]

Ashtonnnnnn 🌶️ hot hot hot
sorry this is all I can manage right now since I'm still drooling over here 🤣

[Courtney I]

🥵🥵🥵🥵 all I have to say

[Sheila Huston]

Spicy and fun!! I really loved it!!