Listen Free: My Straight Roommate by Jace Wilder — Extended Audio Preview (Chapters 1–5)
He’s not into guys. He’s sure about that. Has been his whole life. So why can’t he stop noticing his roommate?
If the straight-roommate trope owns real estate in your TBR — bi awakening, forced proximity, a possessive streak that shows up before the self-awareness does — this one’s for you.
The latest episode of Fractal Enigma Audio Previews is live: the first five chapters of My Straight Roommate by Jace Wilder, completely free, right in your earbuds. Over two hours of audio.
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What You’ll Hear in This Episode
The first five chapters take you from move-in day to the moment denial stops being a viable living arrangement — and then cut you off exactly there. (We’re not sorry.)
The roommate. Ethan Cole doesn’t do guys. So moving in with Noah Reyes — openly gay, annoyingly hot, completely off-limits — shouldn’t be a problem. It’s just an apartment. It’s just rent.
The noticing. Except Noah walks around the apartment shirtless. And he smells like something Ethan can’t stop cataloguing. And when they’re on the couch at 2 a.m. and Noah’s thigh is warm against his, Ethan’s brain starts asking questions his mouth refuses to acknowledge.
The jealousy. The night Noah brings a date home, Ethan discovers a brand-new emotion living in his chest — something possessive, ugly, and impossible to file under “platonic.” He tells himself it’s about the noise. It is not about the noise.
The wall coming down. Five chapters of forced proximity, loaded silences, and a straight man’s certainty developing structural cracks. That’s where we leave you — right at the point where “I’m not into guys” becomes a question instead of a fact.
About the Book
My Straight Roommate is a high-heat MM contemporary romance featuring:
✅ Bi awakening with the denial phase written all the way through
✅ Roommates to lovers and forced proximity
✅ A possessive MC before he even understands why
✅ Praise kink and jealousy that finally boils over
✅ Friends-to-lovers tenderness underneath the heat
✅ Inferno heat 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
✅ HEA guaranteed
⚠️ Content note: This novel contains explicit MM sexual content, praise kink, possessive behavior, jealousy, and strong language. For readers 18+.
Ready for the Full Story?
The audio preview covers Chapters 1–5. The full novel takes Ethan and Noah the rest of the way — plus an exclusive bonus chapter that was too hot for Amazon.
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My Straight Roommate is written by Jace Wilder and published by Fractal Enigma. Browse the full Jace Wilder catalog or explore all our books.
