Book Review — Not Safe for Work Nisha J. Tuli

Genre: Romance
Published by: Forever
Publish date: May 20, 2025
Number of pages: 352 pages
Author’s website: https://www.nishajtuli.com/
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Two workplace enemies find themselves in close proximity on a tropical company retreat that challenges their assumptions–and just might make them to fall for each other–in this romcom by a by a beloved TikTok author.

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. With her dreams at stake, can she learn to trust the man who might have been standing in her corner all along?

Rating: 4.5/5

When I tell you I devoured this book! Yes, it’s a spicy romance, but it’s also about a woman of color in STEM who has been knocked down and passed over for promotions too many times. Trishara is a stunning FMC. I’m obsessed with her!!! When you read some of the things Tris has had to deal with in her place of work, you will be raging. I was invested in the relationship between Tris and Rafe, but the added storyline of Tris reclaiming her confidence was so amazing.

Ugh and then you have Rafe. This man gives me heart eyes. We love a MMC who can be sweet, spicy, and everything in between. I thought he was the perfect counter to Tris. I loved their banter, friendly-ish competition, and the words that came out of his mouth– my god!

This is the authors first contemporary romance book, but I see that she’s written many fantasy/romantasy books and now I want to read her entire catalogue.

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