This narration was top tier. The pacing was wonderful and the narrators voice perfectly fit the FMC. Emotion was easily gleaned.

This story was amazing. The hook was right there from the beginning and I was heavily invested in seeing how this unfolded. I enjoyed that the characters were complex and the author didn’t have to rely on tropes alone to propel this story forward. I would highly recommend this book to any romance reader.

Topics enjoyed: women-in-STEM, women-in-corporate, BIPOC representation, slow-burn, chronic-pain-rep, rivals-to-lovers.

4⭐/2.5🌶️

Thank you Netgalley and Hachette Audio for this Arc!

This was a fun audiobook. I really wish it was dual pov, but it was still fun on its own. Two engineers on a work trip have to share a room while competing for a coveted new position. There's lot of tension since the two obviously have had crushes on each other since the start :") I wouldn't call them enemies, since they both admit fighting is how they flirt, but more like rivals to lovers?

-Rivals to lovers, sorta
-Forced Proximity
-Coworkers on a work retreat competing
-Only one bed/room
-Slow burn
-POC fmc rep
-Woman in stem-adjacent career

Adorable romance about rivals to lovers who work at the same company. Tropes include: forced proximity, slow burn and only one bed.

It's always nice to read a good romance. 💗 Trishara is an amazingly intelligent woman having difficulty advancing in her career. Rafe is the boss' son who recently got a promotion that Trishara was more qualified for. Trigger warnings for misogyny, sexual harassment and micro aggressions.

Something I really enjoyed about this story was that Trishara was a smart, successful woman. She wasn't a damsel in distress and would repeatedly stand up for herself. She was confident and also vulnerable.

I received this book from NetGalley in return for a full and honest review. I would definitely recommend this book to people who love romance novels 😍

4.5 out of 5 stars

Thank you to Forever, Hachette Audio and NetGalley for a copy of this ALC for my honest thoughts.

I was living for the slow burn in this one. Despite the slow burn of the relationship, I flew through this book. I read it in two days. I thought the vibes were so fun but also brought to light important issues that women in the workplace experience.

I thought Tris and Rafe had a super intense and flirty connection. This slow burn was clearly a slow build and I loved every second. This was the first book I read by Tuli and I look forward to reading her fantasy!

🎧: The narrator was fabulous. She made the voices sound so distinct that I didn't get lost or confused. I would definitely read/listen to something narrated by her in the future.

Thank you to Forever & Hachette Audio for the ARC/ALC!

Nisha J Tuli really put the BURN in slow burn in this enemies to lovers, workplace, vacation romance. Trishara’s inner monologue reminded me a lot of Lor from Trial of the Sun Queen - quippy and spicy - and I had such a good time reading Not Safe for Work.

Aside from the romance, Trishara is dealing with the challenges of working in a white male dominated field, and Tuli doesn’t shy away from all of the ways men (and other women!) can make being a BIPOC woman in a STEM field difficult.

🎧 Soneela Nankani is a great match for Tuli’s writing. I loved her narration of the Artefacts of Ouranos, and also loved her performance in Not Safe for Work!

I received the audiobook of Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli as an advanced listener copy, and while it wasn’t perfect, I still had a great time listening.

The story is about Tris and Rafe, coworkers with a lot of chemistry who end up at a tropical work conference. There’s tons of sexual tension between them, and their flirty banter and fights were fun at first. But after a while, the constant misunderstandings—especially from Tris—started to get frustrating. It felt like she overreacted to everything Rafe did.

Once they finally got together, the spice was really well done and definitely a highlight. But just when Tris started growing and opening up, Rafe started making some questionable choices—like always answering calls from his ex, which made Tris feel insecure. His big secret didn’t quite fit his character, and his refusal to stand up to his parents was disappointing.

Even with these issues, I still enjoyed the book. It was funny, well written, and the romance had a satisfying ending that tied everything up nicely.

If you’re into steamy workplace romances with a tropical twist and some drama along the way, this one is worth checking out!

Ahhh this annoyance to lovers was a readers dream. I loved every single second of it! I loved that it was in single POV, it created so much tension! The way they acted like they hated each other was absolute perfection! And the spice?! SPECTACULAR!
Soneela did such a great job at bringing Trish to life! I loved her narration and her man voice didn’t have me cringing!

Thank you for this advance copy of Not Safe for Work. I am a fan of Nisha’s previous work and was excited to see what she would do in a new genre. I really enjoyed the setting of this book and the banter and thought the chemistry between the two main characters was great.
The narrator really brought this story to life and had me fully immersed in the world. I will be looking for more books narrated by Soneela Nankani.

Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli is a wildly entertaining listen from start to finish. With sharp writing, irresistible chemistry, and just the right amount of spice, it keeps you hooked throughout. Perfect for fans of smart, steamy stories with a twist.

Omg this audiobook was SOO good! Hooked from the beginning i could not stop. I loooove hate to love especially when they work together.

I really enjoyed the narrator, she did such a good job at being both trish and rafe. you could really feel the emotions. this was my first book by this narrator and i need more of her work!

This went just okay for me. The cover is everything but I kept losing interest. The activities of the conference just felt like filler. I found the MMC intriguing and could see through some of his defenses so I really appreciate that even though this is dislike to lovers neither of them crossed any lines. The MMC is a nepo baby and his dad is awful though but I could sense from the start the MMC was NOT like his dad and didn't want to be. There are such fun tropes in this but they just didn't exactly hit for me, it was too little too late when it came to the romance.

The narrators did an amazing job with the audiobook though! Thank you to Forever for the eARC and Hachette audio for the ALC.

This was my first book by this author and first audiobook by narrator Soneela Nankani. I loved both the story and the narrator!
The FMC and her friends had laughing and the slow burn connection between the FMC and MMC was 🔥🔥 and definitely NSFW. 😉
🎧ALC from NetGalley and Hachette Audio🎧

Super fun from beginning to end! Nisha J Tuli brilliantly balances the absurd with the very real commentary on corporate microagression and toxic work environments, all while delivering on a classic, lovely romance. This is a story about prioritizing what serves you, and that no job is worth your mental health or self-worth.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ // steamy, sharp, and seriously fun

Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for an ALC in exchange for an honest review!

Not Safe for Work was the exact romcom escape I needed—forced proximity, one bed, workplace enemies, and a tropical setting?? I was already halfway in love by chapter one. The chemistry was crackling, the banter was top-tier, and the vibes were chef’s kiss all around.

Nisha J. Tuli’s writing is fabulous—funny, flirty, and addictive in that "just one more chapter" way. I flew through this in two days and was fully obsessed with the tension and slow-burn energy. Also? The audiobook was absolute perfection. Excellent narration that totally enhanced the experience.

My only gripe? There was some late-game miscommunication that felt like it existed just to stir up drama, and it didn’t quite match the otherwise smart, emotionally aware pacing of the rest of the story. But it wasn’t enough to knock me out of the lovefest.

A perfect summer binge with the right amount of spice and heart!

I love when you can tell that an author put so much of themselves into their book. This book had so much HEART. Trishara was so quippy and relatable. I loved her inner monologue and all her reactions to different situations. I especially love a girl with a backbone and Tris was killing it!

Omg Rafe though - swoooooon. Damn he was perfection. I loved how supportive he was of Tris even when he was competing with her. He clearly cared a lot about her even when they argued or fought.

Tris and Rafe did the workplace rivals thing of pranking each other which is a favorite microtrope of mine and I laughed so hard at some of the teasing, jokes, and disasterous incidents.
Then there was the "only one room/suite/bed" trope which fueled the forced proximity on a Hawaiian getaway (aka work trip). When you bottle that much banter and tension into a single room at a tropical destination - you get an explosion of chemistry. I was so invested. The two of them coming together did not disappoint.

I also enjoyed the commentary on double standards, nepotism, and familial conflict that was woven throughout the book. There were characters that represented all sorts of difficulties many of us deal with in life whether that be the nepo baby that took the promotion we deserved or the sleazy guy who ranks women or even parents that want their child to "get a real job". I thought all of the various issues were dealt with so well.

Author green flags: when they specify East Asian instead of just saying Asian for a character.
Of course Nisha being South Asian gets it, but I will always "green flag" that because when did East Asian become the Asian default?

Everything about this book was well done, I couldn't get enough of the Tris and Rafe chemistry and the writing was fantastic!

This is the same narrator Nisha used in The Artefacts of Ouranos and I am SO SO happy about that. Soneela Nankani is such a talented narrator! I listened to her narrate Nisha Sharma's If Shakespeare Was an Aunty series and I also saw that she recently did Gold Coast Dilemma by Nana Malone (another book I loved and will now have to catch the audio of). You may also recognize her from S.A. Chakraborty's Daevabad Trilogy and Sara Desai's books. She truly brings this book to life! I loved everything about her narration from her inflections to the different voices she used for various characters. Nankani's impressive narration mixed with the stellar production quality took this audiobook to the next level!


Thank you so much to Forever and Hachette Audio for the ARC and ALC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!

Thanks to Netgallery and Forever Publishing for the e-ARC and ALC of Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli, in exchange of an honest review.

Summary: Not Safe For Work centers on Trishara Malik, an engineer that has fought for her place in a company that is not deserving of her. Burnt out but hopeful, she's sent to a corporate retreat in Hawaii, only to find herself stuck sharing a suite with Rafe, the boss’s privileged son and nemesis. As they compete for a top executive spot, Tris discovers that Rafe may not be the enemy she thought, forcing her to question old assumptions—and possibly open her heart.

Tropes:
- Workplace romance
- Nemesis to lovers

Review (of story) This is one is HARD for me to review, because I spent a 70% of the book thinking about DNFing. I have to be honest, while I admire Trishara, and really appreciated her as a fmc. Her situation with work was very relatable (female engineer in a male dominant work space) and I appreciate the way that part of the plot was addressed. It was her dynamic with the mmc that really threw me off and made the reading experience not enjoyable. Don't get me wrong, Rafe is just "there" and annoyed me at times too with the whole "ex" situation but their whole relationship felt immature. While I didn't enjoy the romance, the reason I don't give this a lower rating, surprisingly is the spice. The book did an excellent job with the spicy scenes, they were not overwhelmingly long, and for a book with characters that were very obviously attracted to each other from the start, it took a while to get to them. I appreciate that, and they were very well written imo. This book imo needed either dual POV or at least chapters going back to there begins working together. We are thrown to the story already having the fmc obsessed and while the mmc surely is too, we never see it.

This was not a particularly bad time, but it just wasn't great either.

Review (narration): Production and narration was great. The voice actress did a wonderful job as both Tasha and Rafe. I did enjoy the "attitude" she brought to the characters.

Again, thanks to Netgallery and Forever Publishing for the e-ARC and ALC of Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli, in exchange of an honest review.

Thank you Netgalley and Forever Publishing for my Earc and my audio arc from Hachette Audio!💕


Trishara is just a Indian girl trying to make it in a world of nepotism in the engineering industry….its hard when one of the managers sons keeps taking all the positions over and over again

Until one day they both get a work trip to Hawaii that hopefully will lead to an executive position at her company….but along the way they have to share a room and fight of the urge to constantly kiss each other since they are mortal enemies 😉

I thought this was a fun lighthearted romcom. It made me giggle out loud multiple times. Rafe was such a comforting possessive hottiee!! And Trishara really learned a lot about her self through the whole process.

If you enjoyed the movie The Hating Game but on an island work place trip you will love this book!

2.75⭐️, 2.25🌶️

Do you know those rides at the carnival where it’s basically a flat track but then they’re suddenly a U-turn that makes you feel like you’re gonna fall off the ride? Yeah this book reminded me of those. The “Will they won’t they” was played tooooo much and it annoyed me to no end.

Both the the MC’s were cute at times then so frustrating at others. For how often they talked to each other, the communication wasn’t productive. I couldn’t feel the love at all.

RAFE BLOCK GET GD NUMBER. Trish is straight up triggered by the man’s phone.

Not the book for me and I personally don’t recommend it.

Thank you NetGalley and Hachette Audio for an ALC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you so much to Hachette Audio for the alc, all opinions are my own.

When I saw Ali Hazelwood posting about this I knew I needed to get a copy!

A workplace rivals to lovers romance leaves the office and goes to Hawaii for 3 weeks to attend a leadership retreat. Unfortunately, due to a series of "errors," Tris and Rafe are forced to share the honeymoon suite at the exclusive hotel. There's all of the ups and downs of women in STEM, nepotism, and have a hate crush on your hot coworker.

This was laugh out loud funny, full of amazing banter and tension, and a spectacular clashing.

The narrators did an amazing job bringing the story to life. The emotion in the voices, the pacing, just all of it was great.

Not Safe for Work by Nisha J. Tuli had an intriguing premise — rival engineers forced into close quarters on a tropical retreat? That’s ripe for tension and chemistry! But unfortunately, this one just didn’t land for me.

First, I really struggled with Tris as a protagonist. She was constantly crass in a way that didn’t feel empowering or funny — it just grated on me. Her nonstop degrading commentary about Rafe while simultaneously obsessing over him made the dynamic exhausting rather than engaging. I wanted to root for her, especially as she navigated sexism and burnout in a male-dominated field, but her attitude left me cold.

As for the romance itself, I’m realizing workplace romances just aren’t for me. There’s something about the “we hate each other but we’re also secretly into each other” vibe in an office setting that always feels forced, and this book was no exception. The pacing felt uneven, with tension that never fully built before we were thrown into major emotional shifts.

While I can appreciate what this book was trying to do, it ultimately wasn’t a memorable or satisfying read for me. Fans of workplace rivals-to-lovers might enjoy it more, but it wasn’t my cup of tea.