Workplace Romances: The Romance Book List

Shay has her dream job working at the public radio station. But lately that dream is becoming more of a nightmare as she is constantly clashing with know-it-all Dominic. When Shay proposes the idea for a new show—where two exes give relationship advice—her boss decides that she and Dominic should host it, especially because they already hate each other. Both Shay and Dominic don’t love the idea of lying to their audience, but the show is a major hit! To further complicate matters, these two might not hate each other as much as they originally thought…

Stylish plus-size fashion blogger Bea Schumacher is about to have her life turned upside down when she agrees to star in the reality show Main Squeeze. But she wants to be clear, she isn’t in this to find love it’s just a great opportunity to launch her career. But when the cameras start rolling, it’s hard not to get swept up in the romance (and more literally in a hot air balloon), and she might just have a chance to live happily ever after.

TV meteorologist Ari Abrams and sports reporter Russell Barringer scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this electrifying romance. Between secret gifts and double dates, they start nudging their bosses back together. But their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell. Are there clear skies ahead, or will they be inundated with dark clouds?

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.

Andrea Tang is living the dream: She has a great career, a posh condo, and a clutch of fun-loving friends. And even though she’s the lone unmarried member of her generation in the Tang clan, she doesn’t need a man to complete her. Yet after a chance encounter with charming entrepreneur Eric, Andrea decides to give Mr. Right-for-her-family a chance. Too bad her office rival, Suresh, keeps throwing a wrench in her plans. Now Andrea can’t help but wonder: In the endless tug-of-war between pleasing others and pleasing herself, is there room for everyone to win?

Jennifer Dugan’s sparkling debut coming-of-age queer romance stars a princess, a pirate, a hot dog, and a carousel operator who find love—and themselves—in unexpected people and unforgettable places.

Attorney extraordinaire Bridget Nolan can put the bad guys behind bars without breaking a sweat, but when it comes to dating, she is totally out of her element. And with her brother’s wedding right around the corner, she needs to find a date ASAP. Luckily for her, the intern Matt Kido is almost done with his program. Matt has been in love with Bridget since his first day at work, but as his boss she is totally off limits. But when she asks him to join her for the wedding in Las Vegas, he takes the chance of a lifetime. Because what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Or does it?

When she catches the attention of her boss’s potential investor, Dreamy has to remind herself to focus on her career goals so she can be her own boss. Growing up with a father who is an A-list actor and a socialite mother, venture capitalist Karter Redford lives in the world of the rich and famous. Karter is used to his life revolving around work, but when he decides he wants someone to share it with, he falls for someone his mother would never approve of: hilarious, quirky Dreamy, who has goals of her own…but also isn’t a wealthy, upper-crust socialite. Though it’s clear they’re from different worlds, their relationship might just be his greatest investment yet.

Chloe isn’t sure she actually believes in love. Her best friend Annie is the polar opposite, and actually just wrote a rom-com inspired by Chloe and her boss, Nick Velez. As the buzz for the movie grows, Chloe keeps seeing articles and social media posts about how Nick is the perfect man and is starting to get swept up in the story. But Nick and Chloe’s lives aren’t like the movies, and happily ever after is never guaranteed in real life.

Emma Corrigan is a charming woman with a huge heart, but like most people she has a few secrets. Secrets she keeps from her boyfriend, her mom, and from the entire world. That is, until last weekend when she spilled her secrets to a stranger on a plane. But come Monday morning, it turns out that her stranger is none other than her company’s CEO. Now this man knows every humiliating detail of her life, could things get any worse?

In this witty and heartfelt rom-com debut, an Indian American woman signs herself and her boyfriend up for a matchmaking site to prove they’re a perfect match, only to be paired with her ex instead!

A vicious rumor concerning the Binat family has destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriage, but when an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding in years, Mrs. Binat, certain that their luck is about to change, excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for rich, eligible bachelors. Too bad Alys Binat, the second of the five daughters, has sworn never to marry. It’s a good thing too because the one man she meets, Valentine Darsee, is brusque and snobbish…Unmarriageable is a charming update on Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice and an exhilarating exploration of love, marriage, class, and sisterhood.

In the 1950s, while working as a physicist on the Manhattan Project, Roz Porter had an affair with her colleague Thomas Weaver. It has been five years since both ended, but she is still haunted with guilt and heartbreak. Then one day FBI Agent Charlie Szydlo shows up on Roz’s front door asking her to spy on Weaver who they believe is passing nuclear secrets to Russia. Soon she finds herself torn between these men, and a nagging feeling that the danger isn’t over yet.

Katie Brenner’s life is a bit of a mess, especially compared to the perfect lives she sees every time she scrolls through her phone. And no one is living a better life than her boss Demeter Farlowe. But things only keep getting worse when Demeter fires Katie. To get back on her feet Katie moves to her family’s farm to help them set up a vacation business. Here she is finally able to disconnect, until Demeter turns up as a guest. During his stay secrets will be revealed, relationships with end, and Katie will start to understand what it means to live a fulfilling life.