{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/workplace-romance/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"workplace-romance","slug":"workplace-romance","pitch":"Misha Bell writes romance with workplace-romance: Pretend I Do, Billionaire Grump, Billionaire's Dog Nanny.","works":[{"title":"Pretend I Do","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/pretend-i-do/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2025,"seriesTitle":null,"seriesOrder":null,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"corporate-espionage","label":"corporate-espionage"},{"slug":"fake-relationship","label":"Fake Relationship"},{"slug":"fake-marriage-turns-real","label":"fake-marriage-turns-real"},{"slug":"forbidden-workplace-romance","label":"forbidden-workplace-romance"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-and-sunshine","label":"grumpy-and-sunshine"},{"slug":"marriage-of-convenience","label":"Marriage of Convenience"},{"slug":"only-one-bed","label":"only-one-bed"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"shared-name-romance","label":"shared-name-romance"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"What if the person destined to complete you… has the same name as you?\n\nMIT graduate Sawyer Baker has built walls around her heart as complex as her code. When a mistaken kiss with her brilliant, misanthropic colleague Sawyer Worthington threatens their positions at Octothorpe, they engineer the perfect solution: a marriage on paper only.\n\nTheir arrangement is calculated, logical, and absolutely temporary—until proximity reveals what algorithms can’t predict: undeniable chemistry.\n\nAs corporate sabotage threatens their company and a bullet meant for her changes everything, Sawyer must decide if protecting her career is worth sacrificing the love she never saw coming… with the man who shares more than just her name.","pitch":"Pretend I Do by Misha Bell is a 2025 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, Billionaire, corporate-espionage, Fake Relationship, fake-marriage-turns-real, forbidden-workplace-romance, Forced Proximity, Found Family, grumpy-and-sunshine, Marriage of Convenience, only-one-bed, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, shared-name-romance, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Billionaire Grump","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/billionaire-grump/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2022,"seriesTitle":"Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"class-difference","label":"class-difference"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"inexperienced-guarded-hero","label":"inexperienced-guarded-hero"},{"slug":"meddling-grandmother","label":"meddling-grandmother"},{"slug":"opposites-attract","label":"opposites-attract"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"stuck-in-an-elevator","label":"stuck-in-an-elevator"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"Juno\nWhen I’m late for a job interview and get stuck on an elevator with an annoyingly sexy, Ancient Rome-obsessed grump, the last thing I expect is for him to be the billionaire owner of the building. I also don’t expect to almost kill him… accidentally, of course.\n\nSure, I don’t get the plant care position I applied for, but I do receive an interesting offer.\n\nLucius needs to trick the public (and his grandma) into thinking he’s in a relationship, and I need tuition money to get my botany degree. Our arrangement is mutually beneficial—that is, until I start catching feelings.\n\nIf being a cactus lover has taught me anything, it’s that if you get too close, there’s a good chance you’ll end up hurt.\n\nLucius\nPost-elevator incident, I’m left with three things: my favorite water bottle full of pee, a life threatening allergic reaction, and paparazzi photos of my “girlfriend” and I that make my Gram the happiest woman alive.\n\nNaturally, my next step is to blackmail—I mean, convince—this (admittedly cute) girl to pretend to date me. That way, my grandma stays happy, and as a bonus, I can keep the gold diggers at bay.\n\nUnfortunately, my arch nemesis, a.k.a. biology, kicks in, and the whole “not getting physical” part of our agreement becomes increasingly hard to abide by. Worse yet, the longer I’m with Juno, the more my delicately crafted icy exterior melts away.\n\nIf I’m not careful, Juno will tear down my walls completely.","pitch":"Billionaire Grump by Misha Bell is a 2022 romance. Tropes: Billionaire, class-difference, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Grumpy Sunshine, inexperienced-guarded-hero, meddling-grandmother, opposites-attract, Romantic Comedy, stuck-in-an-elevator, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 1 of Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Billionaire's Dog Nanny","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/billionaires-dog-nanny/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2023,"seriesTitle":"Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"billionaire-boss-romance","label":"billionaire-boss-romance"},{"slug":"class-difference","label":"class-difference"},{"slug":"dog-trainer-romance","label":"dog-trainer-romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"found-family-through-animals","label":"found-family-through-animals"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"live-in-forced-proximity","label":"live-in-forced-proximity"},{"slug":"miscommunication-and-grand-gesture","label":"miscommunication-and-grand-gesture"},{"slug":"pet-as-matchmaker","label":"pet-as-matchmaker"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"slow-burn-attraction","label":"slow-burn-attraction"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"Lilly\n\nAn opportunity to tell off the billionaire whose bank took my childhood home? Yes, please! The greedy, arrogant jerk thinks I’m here to interview for the job of his dog trainer (a.k.a. nanny), but he’s got a big storm coming.\n\nSo what if Bruce Roxford is tall, muscular, and handsome? Nothing will stop me from giving him a piece of my mind—not even his adorable Chihuahua puppy, the insane amount of money he’s offering for the gig, or his gorgeous, deep blue eyes…\n\nThe combination, though? I’m in trouble.\n\nBruce\n\nLilly Johnson is five minutes late for our scheduled interview, and I have never hired a tardy employee. But before I can send her away, my Chihuahua puppy falls in love with her.\n\nYes, just the Chihuahua.\n\nThis woman is unprofessional, difficult, snarky… and for some reason, impossible to get off my mind.\n\nSo, of course, I hire her as my live-in dog trainer. How bad of an idea could that be?","pitch":"Billionaire's Dog Nanny by Misha Bell is a 2023 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, Billionaire, billionaire-boss-romance, class-difference, dog-trainer-romance, Enemies to Lovers, found-family-through-animals, Grumpy Sunshine, live-in-forced-proximity, miscommunication-and-grand-gesture, pet-as-matchmaker, Romantic Comedy, slow-burn-attraction, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 3 of Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Grumpy Puck","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/grumpy-puck/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2024,"seriesTitle":"Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones","seriesOrder":6,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"fake-dating","label":"Fake Dating"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"mascot-and-athlete","label":"mascot-and-athlete"},{"slug":"only-one-bed","label":"only-one-bed"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"second-chance-romance","label":"second-chance-romance"},{"slug":"sports","label":"Sports"},{"slug":"sports-romance","label":"sports-romance"},{"slug":"stalker-suspense","label":"stalker-suspense"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"Calliope\n\nThanks to my needy pet rat, I’m banned from working at all Florida theme parks. So what’s a person to do? Get a job as a mascot for a local hockey team, of course.\n\nI didn’t expect to get pushed into a pool on my first day by the grouchiest, hottest player on the team. Nor could I have imagined that we’d get locked into an evacuated building together and share an angry kiss that would get caught on video. Or that said video would go viral, sending ticket sales for our games through the roof.\n\nNow Michael Medvedev and I have to fake date for the sake of the team.\n\nToo bad he hates the whole world, me included.\n\nMichael\n\nThe one time I decide to indulge my idiotic teammates and pull a prank on our mascot, I end up pissing off a brand-new employee on her first day—and with my luck, she turns out to be the quirkiest, sexiest woman I’ve ever met.\n\nI hate so much about Florida—the humidity, the sunshine, the grass, the ocean—so it comes as a shock when I find something in this awful state that I do not hate, and her name is Calliope.\n\nPretending to date her is going to drive me insane, and that’s before we’re forced to share a hotel room… with just one bed.","pitch":"Grumpy Puck by Misha Bell is a 2024 romance. Tropes: Billionaire, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Grumpy Sunshine, mascot-and-athlete, only-one-bed, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, second-chance-romance, Sports, sports-romance, stalker-suspense, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 6 of Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Hard Code","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/hard-code/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2020,"seriesTitle":"Hard Code","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"boss-employee-romance","label":"boss-employee-romance"},{"slug":"career-focused-heroine","label":"career-focused-heroine"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"meet-the-family","label":"meet-the-family"},{"slug":"protective-possessive-hero","label":"protective-possessive-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"secret-identity-mentor","label":"secret-identity-mentor"},{"slug":"tech-assisted-intimacy","label":"tech-assisted-intimacy"},{"slug":"vampire-ceo-romance","label":"vampire-ceo-romance"},{"slug":"workplace","label":"Workplace"},{"slug":"workplace-rivalry-and-sabotage","label":"workplace-rivalry-and-sabotage"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"“Uplifting and lighthearted with sassy dialogue and delicious wit, this modern-day comedy will have you rolling around on the floor laughing. My top-of-the-list romcom for 2020!”\n\nCHARMAINE PAULS, USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR\n\nMy new assignment at work: test out toys. Yup, that kind.\n\nWell, technically, it’s to test the app that controls the toys remotely.\n\nOne problem? The showgirl who’s supposed to test the hardware (as in, the actual toys) joins a nunnery.\n\nAnother problem? This project is important to my Russian boss, the broody, mouthwateringly sexy Vlad, a.k.a. The Impaler.\n\nThere’s only one solution: test both the software and the hardware myself… with his help.\n\nNOTE: This is a standalone, raunchy, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a quirky, nerdy heroine, her hot, mysterious Russian boss, and two guinea pigs who may or may not be into scissoring each other. If any of the above is not your cup of tea, run far, far away. Otherwise, buckle in for a snort-water-up-the-nose-funny, feel-good ride.","pitch":"Hard Code by Misha Bell is a 2020 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, Billionaire, boss-employee-romance, career-focused-heroine, Forced Proximity, Grumpy Sunshine, meet-the-family, protective-possessive-hero, Romantic Comedy, secret-identity-mentor, tech-assisted-intimacy, vampire-ceo-romance, Workplace, workplace-rivalry-and-sabotage, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 1 of Hard Code.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}