After focusing on enemies-to-lovers romances in the last post, it’s time to explore another popular trope: workplace romance novels.
In a workplace/office romance novel, the two main characters work together, so they are either boss/employee, co-workers, or client/customer. Sometimes, that introduces an element of “forbidden love” into the story.
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15 GREAT LESBIAN OFFICE ROMANCE NOVELS
I’ve put together a list of 15 f/f office romance novels I hope you’ll enjoy.
Paper Love by Jae
Susanne Wolff isn’t thrilled when she’s sent to save her uncle’s stationery store from bankruptcy. Paper Love’s employee Anja instantly dislikes the digital-loving snob who’s her fill-in boss.
But thanks to a meddling cat, a stationery road trip, and an armada of origami boats, Susanne discovers how sexy pens, notebooks, and certain stubborn employees can be.
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Too close to Touch by Georgia Beers
Gretchen Kaiser is a workaholic corporate honcho with issues — she’s got daddy issues, she’s got female-executive-in-a-man’s-world issues, and she’s got one night stand issues. Kylie O’Brien is the kind of girl who believes in true love and is willing to wait until it shows up at her door.
Available at:
Bold Strokes Books
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Audible (audiobook)
Flinging It by G Benson
Midwife Frazer and social worker Cora have always grated on each other’s nerves, but they have to work together to start up a programme for at-risk parents. Soon, the unexpected happens: they tumble into an affair. However, Cora is married to their boss, and both know it needs to end. But what they have might turn out to be much more than just a little distraction.
Available at:
Ylva Publishing
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Eyes Like Those by Melissa Brayden
Isabel Chase and Taylor Andrews struggle between love and ambition from the writers’ room on one of Hollywood’s hottest TV shows.
Available at:
Bold Strokes Books
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Audible (audiobook)
The Muse by Suzie Carr
Jane Knoll is a shy, never-been-kissed woman who meets Eva, a gorgeous executive at her company. Too shy to get to know her in real life, Jane joins Twitter to talk to Eva, creating an alter-ego that draws Eva in. Sparks begin to fly. But, is she brave enough to reveal her true identity and risk ruining all she’s gained by it?
Available at:
Amazon
Audible (audiobook)
You’re Fired by Shaya Crabtree
When an inappropriate Secret Santa gift backfires, Rose needs her smarts to save her job, while Vivian, her sexy boss, needs her smarts to save the business. Can they stop bickering long enough to do a deal?
Available at:
Ylva Publishing
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Uncommon Emotions by Lynn Galli
When someone spends her days ripping apart corporations, compartmentalization is key. Love doesn’t factor in for Joslyn Simonini. Meeting Raven Malvolio ruins the harmony that Joslyn has always felt, introducing her to passion for the first time in her life.
Available at:
Amazon
Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker
“She has no idea who she’s dealing with!” It’s hate at first sight for Dr. Nicole Hathaway and her new assistant, Lily Linden-Smith.
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The Music & the Mirror by Lola Keeley
Anna is the newest member of an elite ballet company. Her first class with her gifted idol, Victoria, almost ruins her career before it begins. Now Anna must face down jealousy, sabotage, and injury to pour everything into opening night and prove she has what it takes to Victoria, her colleagues, and herself. In the process, Anna discovers that she and the daring, beautiful Victoria have a lot more than ballet in common and that not every thrilling dance can be found on stage.
Available at:
Ylva Publishing
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Ambereye (Garoul Series book 2) by Gill McKnight
The thing with the Garouls is you never get quite what you think you will. They really are something else. Hope Glassy loves her job at Ambereye, Inc., despite having Jolie Garoul as her new boss. Jolie is a moody workaholic. She is awkward, contrary, and on occasion just plain mean. Hope is hardworking, popular, and in recovery from a serious illness. She doesn’t need a bizarre boss. She doesn’t need office politics. And she doesn’t need to work over Thanksgiving either. Nevertheless, that’s what she and Jolie end up doing…in Little Dip, home of the Garoul clan.
Available at:
Bold Strokes Books
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Turbulence by EJ Noyes
Stockbroker Isabelle Rhodes is no longer a one-night stand virgin, which should be something to celebrate, right? Not when the woman turns out to be your newly hired company pilot, Audrey Graham, and workplace relationships come with contracts and conditions. An insistent libido and a persistent Audrey break Isabelle’s resolve, and she agrees to a casual, sex-only relationship. But what happens to casual when feelings start to get involved?
Available at:
Bella Books
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Unlikely Match by Fiona Riley
When ambitious PR exec Claire and her super-rich coding geek-girl client Shelly start spending more time together than necessary, they have to decide if mixing business and pleasure can result in a perfect match. But when passions and ambitions overlap in more ways than one, both women have to decide if they are willing to give something up for a chance to have everything.
Available at:
Bold Strokes Books
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Audible (audiobook)
Courtship by Carsen Taite
In a stunning twist of events, Addison Riley is launched from the halls of academia to the spotlight of Supreme Court nomination. She’s determined not to let her attraction to a beautiful woman or the threats on her life deter her from becoming the first female Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. Julia Scott is in charge of making sure the president’s first Supreme Court appointment sails through the Senate. She’s faced tough challenges before, but nothing like those posed by the infuriatingly focused Addison Riley, a woman who challenges her mind and awakens her heart.
Available at:
Bold Strokes Books
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Audible (audiobook)
Beauty and the Boss by Ali Vali
Ellis Renois is at the top of the fashion world and has built the Renois Company into a success that dominates the runways of the world. Ellis loves creating clothes, and she loves the beautiful women who wear them. Charlotte Hamner has worked her way through school and is ready to make a better life for herself and her daughter, but she’s not about to fall victim to Ellis’s easy charm. A summer job presents Charlotte with the chance to learn from Ellis, but it might also land her the position of head designer for Renois. But her promotion will come only through betrayal and perhaps at the cost of her heart.
Available at:
Bold Stroke Books
Amazon
Apple iBooks
Audible (audiobook)
Falling for You by Noelle Winters
After a past betrayal, attorney Isi Addison is determined to never fall in love again.
Dr. Taylor Wallace has locked her heart away since her tragic past could mean she’s a ticking time bomb endangering anyone she loves. But then she meets Isi and gets close to her once, twice…well, who’s counting? It’s not like it means anything.
But when the hospital assigns Taylor to be a consultant on Isi’s malpractice cases, keeping emotions separate from sex isn’t as easy as it seems.
Available at:
Amazon
If you haven’t done so already, download your bingo card, pick the book you want to read for the “workplace romance” square, and start reading! Remember that you can either read one of the 15 books listed above or pick another f/f office romance novel.
Lesbian Book bingo giveaway: Win a book by leaving a comment
For the office romance square, I’m giving away an e-book copy of:
- The Music and the Mirror by Lola Keeley
- Courtship by Carsen Taite
- The Muse by Suzie Carr
Anyone can enter. To be entered into the drawing, leave a comment on this blog and let us know which book you’re going to read for the “workplace romance” square or if you can think of other lesbian books that fit this category.
Entries close on Thursday, September 13, 2018, 10 a.m. CET, when I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator. I’ll notify winners via email. Your email address won’t be used for any other purpose.
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Happy reading!
Jae
Turbulence 😍
This is one of my favourite squares on the bingo card. Great list! I will refer to it well after my card is done.
Would A.E. Radley’s trilogy count, even though they are not conventional ‘office’ romances? If not, a couple of her other titles might.
The books for this square don’t need to take place in a conventional office, but the main characters have to work together in some way, e.g., co-workers, boss/employee, or one is a client of the other
Climbing the Ladder by A E Radley is another in this category that I read
Fated Love by Radclyffe.
Paper Love! Just started reading it last night.
I hope you enjoy it!
Paper Love would be perfect. I also have Release the Stars by Harper Bliss still unread on my phone; that sounds like a workplace romance too.
Keep thinking I’ll have read everything on the list but no – again got a new book to try Music is now on my TBR pile.
I have read Bring Holly Home by A.E. Radley for this square
Great list! I’ve read most of these. I just finished “Paper Love.” Other books I love for this square are: “Blessed Twice” by Lynn Galli, “It’s Not a Date” by Heather Blackmore, and “Under a Falling Star” by Jae.
I hope you enjoyed Paper Love. And you are right; “Under a Falling Star” would be a good fit for this category too.
I think this is the only list I’ve seen where I’ve thought “Ewwwww, I did not like that one.” To each their own, right. The only book on the list left for me to read is Paper Love. I have it, it’s just a matter of getting to it.
I read Fiona Riley’s Room Service for this category.
Turbulence!
That moment when you realize you’ve already read a book from one of the categories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi all!
Read Ambereye long ago, pretty good. Will read Paper love this go round.
I hope you’ll enjoy Paper Love!
I love Wounded Souls by RJ Nolan
Great books in this post! Another good one for this genre is “Beyond the Skyline” by Lise Gold.
I love this category! Even though I’ve read a bunch of books that fit this square, I see that there is a few more that I haven’t read yet.
Great list! Just finished “Uncommon emotions” by Lynn Galli. Loved it! I also enjoyed “Paper Love by JAE. Next might be “The Muse” by Suzie Carr. Sounds promising ✨
I really enjoyed “the brutal truth” by Lee Winter in this category
Turbulence!
That moment when you realize that you’ve already read a book in one of the categories!!!!!!
Love this category. I read courting the countess by Jenny Frame for this category
Fantastic list, read most of them already but need to read Turbulence for this square
So many wonderful books. I read several but there are others that sound as awesome as the one I read!
Really want to read the muse by Suzie carr and paper love by jae next.
Currently reading “The Muse”!
There are some goods ones here!!! I read Beauty and the boss for This square.
Great list! I already read a couple. I think I’m gonna start with Turbulence and Paper love. I also didn’t start yet with the new series of Melissa Brayden so those will probably follow. As for my fourth card I’m still in limbo.. By the way I think the series of Dar & Kerry by Melissa Good would also be a great fit for this square!! Happy readings!
I read Ambereye this year and absolutely loved it! For this, I’ll read The Music & the Mirror by Lola Keeley. Looking forward to it! :-)
The Muse by Suzie Carr
I’m so excited, there are some books on this list, which is one of my favourite, that I am eager to read now. Thank you for sharing.
Great list; there are a lot here I haven’t read. So glad to see Lynn Galli – she’s a favorite author. I filled in this square a while ago with one of her newer books, Winter Calling, which is a romance at a ski resort headquarters. Wonderful book, very recommended.
I got on queue Paper Love by Jae and The Muse by Suzie Carr, and I got some of this list in my want to read list, also I was thinking under a falling star by Jae should be in this list as well
I like this category too
Finishing Paper Love tonight. Love it.
Aww, thanks for reading Paper Love! So happy you are enjoying it.
Hi!, I have not read any of Noelle’s books yet. I’ll start with: “Falling for you”.
I like this category. Thanks
So many great books have make this list. Tough choice to narrow down the list. My personal favourites – Fated Love and And a Playing The Role of Herself
A.E. Radley excels at this subject. Mergers and Acquisitions was the first three-way office romance I’d read where I didn’t know who the main character would end up with! Loved that new dynamic. Climbing the Ladder is set in a lesbian magazine office and has so many potential pairings. Bring Holly Home isn’t technically in an office, but they are former co-workers.
Hi! Love your books, and just starting to follow this blog. I have to agree with Shai – two of my favorites in this category are also Fated Love and Playing the Role of Herself.
Just read climbing the ladder by ae radley. There were a number of work place couples in this particular book.
In the mood for a workplace lawyer story. Gonna read “Sidebar” or “Courtship” or “Love’s Verdict” by Carsen Taite. Not that I must narrow the choice down to only one, but I have an universe-long TBR pile. I need to cycle through different authors for a “fair” approach to reading my way through it all, lol.
It’s Not a Date by Heather Blackmore is on my first Bingo card. For the second I will read Love By Design by Violette Grey. But some books mentioned are absolutely worth reading!
I’m going to read paper love. I thought the doctor square was my fave, but apparently not! There’s only two others here I haven’t read… yet!
ambereye and uncommon emotions are two of my all-time-fav. Thanks for the wonderful list.
Finally reading Fated Love this month (first Radclyffe novel I’ve picked up)!
Office romance is one of my faves!!! The Muse by Suzie Carr and You’re Fired by Shaya Crabtree is what I’ll be reading
Hands down going to read Paper Love. I’ve been so anxious to get that one.
I read Chasing Stars by Alex K. Thorne for this category. This is a fun category!
Three books: “Uncommon emotions”, “Fated love”, “Too close to touch”.
I’ll probably reread “Love by the numbers”: not my favorite book by Karin Kallmaker, but she never write predictable books. I think that “Above temptation”, also by K.K., is a good choise for this square
Too Close to Touch is a favorite of mine. Now, I’d to read Courtship.
Definitely reading “The Music and the Mirror”.
I’m extremely happy for Lola, since I’ve been reading her stories for a long time. It’s nice to see she gets the recognition she rightfully deserves :)
Another good list Jae. I read Karen Kallmaker – Above Temptation, Jae – Just Physical and Brenda Adcock – the Heart of the Mountain for this category so far.
I’ve already read several of these, so I’m gonna say Turbulence would be my next choice! :)
This is a category I haven’t read much from. I feel it’s a challenging category because you’re playing with potential power issues and that needs to be done well. I’ll have to check these out when I have a bit more time.
How about Don’t Let Go by
Sheryl Wright, it’s a great read.
The office series by Victoria Rhodes!