Listen Free: Straight-Bait Roommate by Jace Wilder — Extended Audio Preview (Chapters 1–6)
He moved in to save money. He didn’t plan on falling for his “practice” partner.
Nine years of best friendship. One divorce. One spare room that turns out to be a closet, one bed they decide to share like adults, and one “it’s just practice” arrangement that was doomed from the first kiss. If the practice-kissing trope owns you, this preview will too.
The latest episode of Fractal Enigma Audio Previews is live: the first six chapters of Straight-Bait 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 six chapters take you from a moving truck to the moment “practice” needs air quotes neither of them will supply — and then leave you there. (We’re not sorry.)
The divorce. Drew Callahan is a freshly divorced electrician with a truck full of boxes and nowhere to put them. His queer best friend Wes has a spare room. Technically. The spare room is a closet. So they share the bed. It’s fine. They’ve shared worse.
The pining. What Drew doesn’t know: Wes Nakamura has been in love with him since the night they met nine years ago — through the wedding, through the marriage, through the divorce he very carefully had no opinions about out loud.
The practice. Then Drew, contemplating dating again after a decade off the market, asks the worst possible question a man can ask his secretly-in-love best friend: can I practice on you? Kissing, at first. For practice. Obviously.
The unraveling. Six chapters of one bed, thin excuses, and a straight-identifying divorced guy discovering that the practice sessions are the only part of the week he thinks about. That’s where we leave you.
About the Book
Straight-Bait Roommate is a high-heat MM contemporary romance featuring:
✅ Best friends to lovers with nine years of buildup
✅ Bi awakening after divorce, written with real tenderness
✅ Only one bed and forced proximity
✅ He falls first (he fell nine years ago)
✅ Praise kink and inferno heat 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
✅ Free with Kindle Unlimited
✅ HEA guaranteed
⚠️ Content note: This novel contains explicit MM sexual content, praise kink, discussion of divorce, and strong language. For readers 18+.
Ready for the Full Story?
The audio preview covers Chapters 1–6. The full novel takes Drew and Wes all the way home — plus an exclusive bonus chapter that was too hot for Amazon.
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Straight-Bait Roommate is written by Jace Wilder and published by Fractal Enigma. Browse the full Jace Wilder catalog or explore all our books.
