Not Safe for Work by Nisha J Tuli on May 20, 2025
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Enemies to Lovers, Fiction / Romance / Workplace
Pages: 341
Format: Paperback
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Engineer Trishara Malik once dreamed of being the first woman of color to smash the glass ceiling at WMC Purcell, but after years of dealing with white male privilege and blatant nepotism, she watches her hard-earned promotion go to her nemesis, Rafe Gallagher—the boss’s son. Teetering on the edge of burnout, Tris is stunned when she’s picked to attend WMC’s corporate leadership retreat in Hawaii. It’s a chance to revive her stalled career and compete for a coveted spot in an executive training program—plus, three weeks in paradise! The only downside? Rafe is her co-attendee. Tris plans to avoid Rafe entirely, but when she arrives in Maui, a booking error has them stuck sharing the honeymoon suite. Sure, it’s not all torture. Rafe is a smoldering ten—okay fine, an eleven—but after years of competition, they can barely stand being in the same time zone. As they vie against each other during aptitude tests and team-building exercises, Tris begins to realize Rafe might not be the villain after all.
This was at times entertaining but a bit too immature for me personally.
honestly I feel like we never got to know our main female character. She had things that she was hiding from us that never fully get explored? Which I found odd and it was so very romance focused that I wanted more of them as individuals. He had more depth/development outside of their relationship. I also struggled to connect with Trishara because of her behavior. She acted quite immaturely. Rafe was polite and kind to her, but she constantly criticized him and dismissed his suggestions. Meanwhile, she kept thinking about how sexy he was, eavesdropping on his private conversations, and discussing them with her friend.
I could barely get through this book which is the main reason for the 2.5 star rating. I went into Not Safe for Work expecting a fun, steamy enemies-to-lovers workplace romcom with a tropical twist, but what I got felt more like a solo rant with a side of immaturity.