20 Office Romance Books You’ll Love To Read

Office romance books refer to a genre of romantic fiction that primarily focuses on romantic relationships set in a workplace environment. These books typically explore the dynamics between colleagues, bosses, or employees in a professional setting and how these relationships evolve into romantic ones. The office or work setting provides a unique backdrop for romance, adding forbidden love power dynamics and blending personal and professional lives.

The narrative builds romantic tension between the main characters, usually colleagues or in a superior-subordinate relationship at work. A common theme is the conflict between maintaining professionalism at work and dealing with growing personal feelings. The characters undergo significant personal growth, learning to balance their careers and romantic lives.

Most of the time, it has angsty, slow-burn, age-gap, enemy-to-lover, and one-night stands. You can see all kinds of romance tropes/themes in the office/workplace. So, this one is a very common and popular category for romance readers.

Popular examples in this genre include novels by authors such as Sally Thorne, Helen Hoang, and Christina Lauren. These books appeal to readers who enjoy contemporary romance stories with relatable settings and complex character dynamics.

20 Office Romance Books (Workplace/Job Romance)

Office romance books frequently focus on character growth, both professionally and personally. This provides insights into balancing work and personal life, satisfying the characters’ journeys. Many readers find office romance stories relatable as they are set in a familiar, contemporary workplace environment. This setting makes the story more immersive and the characters’ experiences more resonant.

The forbidden or secretive nature of many office romances adds an element of tension and conflict, which can make the story more gripping and the eventual resolution more rewarding. So that’s a dynamic in itself, and in every single one of these books, they’re contemplating whether they can be together because they work together. I will discuss the 20 best office romance books you can read anytime. They address themes of gender equality, empowerment, and breaking stereotypes, which can be enlightening and inspiring. Let’s go!

1. So Over You (Chicago Rebels)

This book is about Russian hockey players Vadim Petrov and Isobel Chase (NCAA). Isobel Chase is one of three sisters who partially own this hockey team, and she also made a run. She was in the Olympic hockey game, and she got hurt. She also previously had a romance with Vadim Petrov. Then her dad found out about it and pretty much ruined his career for a while. They were both only 18.

Vadim was joining the team, and Isobel was in the Olympics. Her dad ruined this guy’s career, and they never got a chance to talk about it because they had been flirting with each other. They had sex. It wasn’t that great for Isabel because it was her first time, and they never had a chance for a repeat or a chance to talk it through. Her dad found out and sent him away. Then she had everything happen.

Now Isobel’s father is gone, and she and her sisters are running this team. She is also trying to be a coach. So, she coaches the guys and helps with therapy. Vadim comes to this team, gets traded to her team, and is injured. She’s helping him with extra practice and healing. When they first see each other again, it’s still instantly attractive. It’s also a coach-player romance.

Author: Kate Meader
Average Rating: 4.5/5
Category: Sports Romance
Available: Audiobook | Mass Market Paperback | Kindle | Audio CD

2. Dr. OB (St. Luke’s Docuseries)

This one is fun, and a TV show about the three doctors working in different parts of the hospital is being made. We have poor Dr. OB, who gets filmed first, and he hams it up for the camera a little bit. He ends up looking flirting with girls over their vaginas while he’s doing his job. It’s embarrassing, and he’s so mortified and needs a new nurse hired. When HR is hiring, they hire this woman (Melody Marco), his nurse, because she hasn’t heard of the show. So that’s why she gets hired.

Melody’s a hot mess and late for work a lot. Sparks fly right away when they meet each other, and they pretty much immediately like each other. It makes sense that the person she works with works the same shifts because she’s his nurse. They would end up seeing each other, and it’s also super sexy. So it’s about a nurse and a doctor romance.

Author: Max Monroe
Average Rating: 4.4/5
Category: Contemporary Romance
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle

3. Before I Ever Met You

This one is an age gap romance, and it’s a dad’s best friend or office romance. Jackie’s heroine had a hot marriage mess, and she has a son. So, she got divorced and moved back home with her parents. Now, she’s trying to repair her relationship with her parents, and her dad ends up getting her a job as an assistant to his co-worker’s best friend, William McAlister. Jackie is twenty-six, and he’s almost 40.

This is friendship to love because there’s a lot of chemistry. I like it where William’s pursuing her, which doesn’t always work when it’s a boss to an employee. The employee must wake up in that situation because of the power dynamic. It’s not great if an employer is pursuing it, and it does not matter. The reason why this one works so well for me is that all of those boxes are ticked. William pursues her in such a sweet way. Also, he’s so much more into her than she’s into him.

Author: Karina Halle
Average Rating: 4.4/5
Category: Romantic Comedy
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle | Audio CD

4. A Nordic King (Nordic Royals)

This is a forbidden romance of royal proportions, and here we’re dealing with Aksel. In this book, he needs a nanny for his two little girls, and he is the king of Norway. Aurora’s from Australia, and she gets hired. They’ve been running through a lot of nannies. Also, they have such great chemistry.

It is also a slow-burn romance. There’s also a mystery aspect happening because Aksel’s wife died mysteriously, and he took the blame for some things that happened. So, he also needs to be careful about public perception. I love that he’s a modern-day king because you don’t get to see that too much.

Author: Karina Halle
Average Rating: 4.4/5
Category: Contemporary Romance
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover | Kindle | Audio CD

5. Reasonable Doubt

This is another lawyer age gap because the older guys work there. Also, it’s a trilogy, but the books are short, so you’ll want to binge all three of them together. We have Andrew, who is a lawyer. He is messaging with a pre-law student, Alyssa. So he’s been flirting with Alyssa, who he believes is in her later twenties and is already a lawyer.

Then, they are hiring interns for his company. Alyssa comes in and is only 22 and is a senior in college. She’s also a dancer, which is cool. She dances ballet, but she’s also going to law school. Then, she gets hired as his intern. This starts as a hateful situation because he is embarrassed. Andrew feels betrayed and has a big problem with people lying to him.

But as he interacts with this girl who becomes his intern, he learns more and more about her and the sacrifices she’s had to make. Alyssa continues with law school, or whether she goes to be a ballerina?

Author: Whitney G.
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: Romantic Erotica
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | MP3 CD

6. Elements of Retrofit (Thomas Elkin)

This is a male-male workplace romance; the first is called Elements of Retrofit. We have Thomas Elkin, who is an architect. He’s taking on interns; his new intern is his son’s best friend, Cooper Jones (gay). Thomas ended his marriage when he came out to his wife about being gay, but not to anyone else.

Jones starts pursuing Thomas, and the first initiation of a scene is an intern. He’s on fire, and Thomas ends up working from his house one day. So he texts that he doesn’t come into the office and works from home today. He shows up at his house with pizza and food to work there. Are they going to kiss and figure this out because the sexual tension is distracting? They’re sexy times in this, but it isn’t going to overstimulate you.

Author: N.R. Walker
Average Rating: 4.4/5
Category: LGBTQ+ Romance
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle

7. Unbreakable (Cloverleigh Farms)

Sylvia comes home to stay with her family and starts working around the family farm again that Clovelly farms. They own this hotel bed and breakfast wedding venue. Moreover, a guy named Henry runs the winery part of it. Sylvia is interested in that.

Henry has also recently been divorced. They have crazy chemistry with each other. Also, Henry takes her under his wing because she wants to learn more about the business and winemaking. So they end up colleagues in that sense, even though she’s the owner’s daughter. They can’t deny their love for each other.

Author: Melanie Harlow
Average Rating: 4.7/5
Category: Romantic Comedy
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle

8. Brooklynaire (Brooklyn Bruisers)

Nate owns the hockey team, which is on a losing streak and not doing well. So he’s been shaping it up. He has an assistant named Rebecca, who’s been with him since they were still working at the bottom of an office building. They went from 20 employees to thousands. Rebecca runs the hockey, and Nate likes Rebecca from seven years of working for him. Also, he didn’t want to be the rich boss who crushed his assistant.

Nate doesn’t want to make a move and make her uncomfortable because Rebecca doesn’t give him any signs. So Nate moved her from his assistant to working in the hockey division. Rebecca has always felt demoted because she knew everything about Nate. She helped him with everything, and she doesn’t understand what she did to offend him. So she’s been living under that pretense for a while now.

Author: Sarina Bowen
Average Rating: 4.5/5
Category: Contemporary Romance
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover | Kindle | Audio CD

9. Boss Man

Boss Man is about a girl (Reese Annesley) who goes on a first date, and it’s not going well. She goes to the bathroom to talk to her friend on the phone and tell her how it’s going, and she meets Chase Parker in the hallway, who calls her out for being rude. Then, this man she met in the hallway overacts as he knows her.

While ridiculous and crazy, Chase starts making up crazy stories about them. When Reese arrives at her new job, she discovers Chase is her boss. He also had no clue. So it starts there. They had this weird first introduction, but the story continues. This office romance shows many exciting plot developments and funny moments.

Author: Vi Keeland
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: Erotic Fiction
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle | Audio CD

10. We Shouldn’t

Annalise is applying for a job, and she has an interview. Before the interview starts, she goes to her car and realizes she has a ticket. Another car is the exact model of the car in front of her with no ticket. So, she moves the ticket and breaks the person’s windshield wiper. Here, she meets Bennett, who’s super charming, in the elevator. But when she gets to the office for her interview, she realizes he is her rival and is competing for the same job.

Bennett also knows that she broke his windshield wiper and saw everything. The relationship starts with applying and interviewing for the same job, continuing from that point forward. Vi Keeland’s books are always very unpredictable and fun. So you can expect a lot of chaos in the ensuing.

Author: Vi Keeland
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: Contemporary Women Fiction
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle

11. Beautiful Mistake

This one is about a girl (Rachel Martin) who is out at a bar with her friend, and her friend has a bad breakup. This boy cheated on her, and this girl sees a man at the bar that she thinks is her friend’s boyfriend. So she goes up to him and curses him out, which is mean and rude. It’s not the guy who saw her friend, so she’s embarrassed.

The next day, Rachel shows up to a class to be a teacher’s assistant. The professor, the man she’ll be working under the whole semester, is the man from the night before at the bar. So she made a complete fool of herself, and now she has to work with him, and it goes from there. The romance is also so sweet and beautiful. It made for an exciting story that kept my attention the whole time.

Author: Vi Keeland
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: New Adult & College Romance
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle

12. Real

Real is about a girl (Brooke) who becomes a traveling physical therapist for Remy, a fighter. Remy needs someone to travel with him to help him during his season. He has a lot of anger issues and a lot of troubling behavior. Brooke commits to the job because it’s a good job. She was an athlete previously, but she had an injury that made her go back to being a physical therapist.

So Brooke’s stuck in this job, but she goes and works for Remy, and he immediately is drawn to her while she’s on this job. She doesn’t want it to become unprofessional, and it goes from there. He’s very convincing and attracted to her, and the story goes. If you like the fighter romance, this one is for you.

Author: Katy Evans
Average Rating: 4.5/5
Category: Sports Fiction
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle

13. Stay (WAGs)

This is the second book in the WAGs series, but you can read it without reading anything previously. It’s about a girl (Hailey Taylor Emery) who works as an anonymous assistant for Matt Eriksson, a famous hockey player, through websites. He’s a single dad going through a lot in life, and Emery is a super big hockey fan who got divorced, and she works for him.

They don’t know each other, or she doesn’t know him. But she had a clue that it might be him, and he ended up giving her tickets to watch him play hockey. That’s where they meet, and things start to happen. It’s a unique plot with this whole application of her being the anonymous assistant. I also love the single-parent trope we have here with him having kids.

Author: Elle Kennedy
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: Romantic Comedy
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover | Kindle | Audio CD

14. Mr. Masters (Mr. Series)

This is about a woman (Bree) who moves from Australia to become a nanny in the UK. She thinks she will be working for a woman and her two kids. But she gets there, and it turns out to be a man, and she doesn’t know. So she lives in his house and watches his two kids, one as a teenager when he’s younger than that.

They have this weird vibe with each other, and they don’t get along. As the story progresses, they see each other in a different light, and it goes on. It’s a fun spin on the workplace environment, and I love their relationship.

Author: T L Swan
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: Family Life Fiction
Available: Paperback | Kindle

15. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

Vanessa is an assistant to a famous football player and ends up leaving the position early on in the book. Something happens, and you’ll see how the story goes. It’s considered the trope, what do people call it, the grumpy sunshine trope where one is always in a constant mood and the other one’s super happy.

The main character, Aiden Graves, is super broody and doesn’t share his emotions too often. But as the book continues, you see a softer side to him. They’re both encompassing some work environment. It is a slow-burn romance where both take a long time to love each other.

Author: Mariana Zapata
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: Sports Romance
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle | Audio CD

16. Breathe (Sea Breeze)

This is the first book in the Sea Breeze series. It follows a lady (Sadie White). When her mother falls pregnant and can’t work anymore, she takes over for her mother. They’ve always loved them, too. She realizes that she can’t let anybody work in their house and needs to step up.

So Sadie decides to take over her mother’s position, who works at this mansion on the beach where they live. It turns out that this mansion belongs to Jax Stone, a singer who is very popular among the teenage crowd. He stays there during the summers, and Sadie’s mother worked there as a housekeeper, so she resumes the position. She’s affected by this guy, even though he’s every girl. Her age is her biggest fantasy.

Even though Sadie very much keeps to herself, Jax immediately likes her. He’s very into that she doesn’t even know who he is or doesn’t want to picture his number or anything. So, the book takes off from there.

Author: Abbi Glines
Average Rating: 4.3/5
Category: Young Adult Emotions & Feelings Fiction
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover | Kindle

17. Five Ways to Fall by K.A. Tucker

This is book number four in the Ten Tiny Breaths series. You do not have to read the other books to read this one. No characters are popping up here and there. It is about our main character, a heroine named Reese. She got out of a divorce and decided to move to Miami and start a new life all over. Then, she goes on a vacation with her friends right before she starts her new job in Miami.

Reese goes to Cancun, and there she needs a bouncer named Ben. They have a one-night stand together that goes completely wrong. It creates an embarrassing situation. When Reese starts her job in Miami, Ben starts his job in Miami. So, both of them ended up working at this law firm.

It’s quite a forbidden office romance. There is no fraternizing policy here, and they immediately can’t stand or steer clear of one another because of the humiliating night they had together. But slowly, they start realizing their feelings for one another and confessing them.

Author: K.A. Tucker
Average Rating: 4.6/5
Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle

18. Just a Heartbeat Away (Forever Yours)

Via DeRosa was a kindergarten teacher a couple of years ago, and our hero’s (Sebastian Dorner) son was one of her students. Sebastian’s wife ended up passing away. So Via gives him tips to help him better provide for his son. Being a single father gives him things that he could do with resources. He can call checklists to help him get his life back together because she can see he’s now neglecting his kid.

So Via tries to push him a little to help him be a better father. He certainly agrees with her and appreciates what she did for him. Four years later, his son is older. But whenever Sebastian and Via come into contact again, he realizes that she now works at his son’s new school as a student counselor. Sebastian works as a lunch duty parent at lunch, so they work together in the same school. The workplace part isn’t a big thing, but they work together.

They go to professional development team bonding meetings and do many happy hours with the employees. So they see each other in school at the time. It is such a slow-burn, angsty, age-gap romance because he is way older than her. Sebastian believes that Via should be dating younger men. But Via thinks Sebastian can be that person.

Author: Cara Bastone
Average Rating: 4.5/5
Category: Holiday Romance
Available: Audiobook | Mass Market Paperback | Audio CD

19. Fire in You (Wait for You)

This is book number six in the Week for You series, but you don’t need to read the other book. To read this one, the couple in this book do pop up at one point in one of the previous books, but it doesn’t matter. This book takes place a couple of years later, about Jillian and Brock, and this is also another age gap romance besides an office romance.

Jillian and her father own a martial arts company, and Brock is one of his company’s famous MMA fighters parts. When she was growing up, she always had a crush on Brock. But he brushed it off because he always considered her a little sister. After all, he is way older than her. But a couple of years ago, Brock broke Jillian’s heart before this book takes place.

One year later, Jillian comes to work for her father at his martial arts company, and she has no idea that Brock is still there. Now, Brock is singing Jillian in an entirely new light. Years later, he starts realizing he might have feelings for this woman, but he knows it’s forbidden. They must work together in this environment, so there’s a workplace romance. Her father is the boss, which also plays another part in this book.

Author: J. Lynn
Average Rating: 4.4/5
Category: Contemporary Romance
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle | Audio CD

20. Plus One (Lighter Ones)

This is another boss-employee dynamic relationship. Our heroine, Kimbra Jones, works for HR. So she comes across the hero (Duncan) of this book in the office one day in the office bathroom, screwing another employee. Her mother called her about never having dates for weddings and family get-togethers. So, she sees this as a perfect opportunity for blackmail.

Kimbra decides to blackmail Duncan to be her number one at this wedding to pretend they’ve been dating for quite a long time. He’s going along with it because he’s had this long crush on her. I found the office workplace dynamic exciting and hilarious, especially how she caught him and decided to blackmail him.

Author: Aleatha Romig
Average Rating: 4.5/5
Category: College Romance, Holiday Fiction
Available: Audiobook | Paperback | Kindle | Audio CD

5 Enemies to Lovers Office Romance Books

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne: This book features Lucy and Joshua, who share an office and are constantly trying to outdo each other. When a promotion is announced, their rivalry takes a new turn, leading them to question their true feelings​​.

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas: Catalina Martin, not wanting to attend her sister’s wedding alone, especially with her ex and his new fiancé present, reluctantly agrees to a fake relationship with her infuriating co-worker, Aaron. This book combines office romance with a slow-burn, fake relationship story​​.

Man Card by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby: This book follows Braht and Ash, competing realtors with undeniable chemistry. Their relationship starts one-sided, with Braht being more invested, but evolves into a hot, funny, and chemistry-filled story​​.

Hard Sell by Lauren Layne: Sabrina and Matt share the same friends and have antagonistic interactions. When Matt’s reputation is at stake, Sabrina helps him with a fake relationship, leading to an intriguing ‘hate to love’ dynamic​​.

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston: This book features Alex, the First Son of the United States, and Prince Henry of England. Their story begins with a skirmish at a royal wedding, leading to a forced fake friendship and opposites-attract tension​​.

5 Billionaire Office Romance Novels

Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen: This novel features Nate, a tech geek billionaire and owner of a New York hockey team, who steps up to help his team manager, Rebecca, when she gets injured. Their relationship evolves as business mixes with pleasure, creating a unique and intense romance​​.

Bad Boss by Stella Rhys: Julian, a self-made billionaire, and Sara, in desperate need of a job, find themselves in a steamy office romance. Their story begins with a memorable elevator meeting and develops into a passionate relationship between a billionaire and his new assistant​​.

Been There Done That by Hope Ellis: Zora Leffersbee’s life gets complicated when her past love, Nick, returns to her life and office. The novel explores their reunion, past heartbreaks, and the dynamics of an interracial couple navigating complex emotions and intentions​​.

Marriage of Inconvenience by Penny Reid: In this novel, Kat Tanner, a secretive billionaire, asks her crush, Dan, to marry her to save her family’s company. It’s the final book in the “Knitting in the City” series and features a powerful connection and a marriage of convenience between the main characters​​.

Bad Billionaire by Julie Kriss: This story follows Devon, a car mechanic and thief turned billionaire, and Olivia, his neighbor. Despite his newfound wealth, Devon focuses on his care for Olivia, leading to an engaging and unconventional billionaire romance​​.

5 Spicy Office Romance Books

You and I, Rewritten by Chip Pons: Will Cowen, newly promoted at a major publishing house in New York, becomes entangled with Graham Austin, the heir to the publishing empire. Their romance intensifies as they face the challenges of a beautiful but complicated manuscript​​.

By a Thread by Lucy Score: Ally, a vibrant and unique character, works under Dominic, whose mother, the CEO, hired her. Their office interactions are charged with tension and unspoken desires, leading to a complex and spicy dynamic​​.

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa: Carolina Santos, a wedding planner left at the altar, teams up with Max Hartley, the best man from her failed wedding and her ex-fiance’s brother, for a business presentation. This collaboration stirs up mixed emotions and a fiery connection​​.

Tangled by Emma Chase: Drew Evans, a successful businessman, meets his match in Katherine Brooks, a new associate at his father’s investment firm. Kate challenges and captivates Drew, turning him into a desperate man longing for the one thing he can’t have​​.

Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren: An intense intern/boss dynamic unfolds between Chloe, an MBA student, and Bennett, her boss. Their story is a classic enemies-to-lovers tale filled with tension and passion that questions the value of a job in the face of love​​.

These novels offer romance, tension, and drama set in the backdrop of office settings. They are a great choice if you enjoy contemporary romance with a blend of professional and personal dynamics.

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