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Not Safe for Work

by Nisha J Tuli

4.0
Published May 20 2025
Romantic Comedy Contemporary Romance forced proximityhate to lovesecond chanceforbiddenrivals to lovers

Trishara Malik is a brilliant engineer at WMC Purcell who is tired of being overlooked. After watching her hard-earned promotion get handed to Rafe Gallagher—the boss’s son and her ultimate workplace nemesis—Tris is ready to quit. However, a golden opportunity arises: a three-week corporate leadership retreat in Hawaii, offering a chance to secure a spot in a prestigious executive training program. She is determined to win, but her plans for a solitary professional victory vanish the moment she arrives in Maui. A series of booking errors leaves the rivals forced to share a honeymoon suite in paradise. This classic "enemies-to-lovers" setup pushes their long-standing professional rivalry into intimate, high-stakes proximity. While Tris initially views Rafe as the embodiment of everything wrong with the corporate ladder, the tropical heat and intense team-building exercises begin to thaw their icy exterior. As they compete for the same career-defining goal, the lines between professional sparring and personal attraction blur. Tris soon discovers that the man she spent years resenting might actually be her greatest ally. With her future on the line, she must decide if she can risk her heart—and her career—on the person she once considered her biggest enemy.