So fun and sweet! Nisha is amazing at writing characters whose emotions and actions feel real and her romance is too tier. I really enjoyed this story!

3⭐

LIKED:
- I think the beats of this book really worked, it is very technically adept. Structurally it is just really sound and engaging and a quick read.
- I like Trishara, I think she is relatable yet flawed and endearing. I understood who she was, what she wanted, etc. It was fun to be in her head.
- I got the lust and attraction between the two of them. Did I get the love? No. But I understood why they liked each other at the very least. I do think there could have been a bit more investment into the actual romance of their relationship, but meh.
- The third act break-up legitimately worked for me. I like them when they are instigated by external forces and the characters are fighting against it. I just think this one clicked for me.
- We love forced proximity. We love a ‘there’s only one bed’. We love forearms. Solid trope-ry.
- This title, while not something I would gravitate towards and is a bit cheesy, does work for the story.

LAMENTED:
- What. The hell. Was that grand gesture. It was sociopathic. Trying to not spoil too much, but I do not want hundreds, thousands, however many people seeing me at my absolute lowes. All of what was accomplished in the last 5% of this book could have been accomplished (and made me not throw my kindle across the couch in disgust) without it being broadcast. Eesh. I was having a pretty good time with this book up until then.
- This book falls into a trap I’ve seen many so-called “enemies-to-lovers” books fall into. They’re not enemies. They do not hate each other, especially him. And her reasons for hating him…don’t exist? She kind of hates him for nepotism but that’s…it. It’s flimsy. I needed there to be more reason for hatred. Because I do think it could have worked. But it was too flimsy for me.
- I also just think that Rafe (and his name, oof) were a tad underdeveloped. He didn’t really have any flaws. All of his flaws were external to him, and the one maybe flaw was resolved off the page. We get it, he’s tall, dark, and hot, and that’s all fine. But I needed more.
- The whole conference thing was all fine and good, but then there’s the whole competition aspect of trying to get the fellowship or whatever and I’m not sure I believe the trajectory of Tris for that. She messes up a lot and we don’t really see her winning anyone over. I needed more focus on her actually putting in some effort to believe some of the plot choices.
- What is going on with the proportions of these characters on the cover? The overall design is pretty, I love the color palette, but…why do they look like that. They have massive heads and snatched waists and they look uncanny valley. I would not reach for this book because of how eerie they look to me.

LONGED FOR:
- A different last 5%. Woof.
- More attention paid to the work conferences shmoozing or whatever. I think Andy could have been eliminated as a character entirely for the sake of Tris linking up with Diane and working towards climbing the ladder or whatever.
- A cover with less oddly proportioned humans.

Will I read the next one? : Maybe. I do think this was overall a successful foray into contemporary romance for Nisha J. Tuli. I am interested to see what she does next in the genre. But genuinely…that ending was just not it for me.

This was cute and had some important messages regarding misogyny and racism, particularly in the workplace. I enjoyed some of the banter and I always love a vacation romance with only one bed. Some things worked well in this book but ultimately it didn’t set itself apart from so many other stories.

One bed trope? Enemies to lovers? Witty banter? Satisfying slow burn with delicious spice?! Desserts??!!??? This one was a winner!!!!

Not Safe For Work by Nisha J Tuli follows Trishara - she’s a woman of color working as an engineer, a field dominated by white men. She swears that she will never date anyone in the workplace after her ex puts her through hell….. but there’s a broody co-worker named Rafe who she can’t ignore. Rafe and Trishara are chosen to go on a company trip - a retreat in paradise… the two of them end up in the honeymoon suite together for the next three weeks….. this is so deliciously spicy & satisfying!!

I love love loved the tropes in this one - it was such a fun, quick read & I can’t wait to read more from the author!

I highly recommend this one to the romance girlies - I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Forever Publishing for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

WOW. I don’t know what else to say other than the fact that I’m still drooling over this story.

Rafe and Tris take enemies to lovers/one bed trope to a whole new level and Nisha Tuli executed this perfectly. I absolutely ate this book up.

This book shed a lot of light into women in engineering and in the beginning I loved how Nisha used real life experiences to weave into this book. It was the perfect amount of education, fun, and spice all wrapped in a perfect little macaroon box. 😉

If you’re looking to request this do it. You won’t regret it. I look forward to more from Nisha Tuli in her contemporary romance genre. This was such a fun book.

Thank you so much to Forever Publishing and NetGalley for this eARC.

We love women of color in STEM!!! I loved the one bed, enemies to lovers trope but I loved even more that aside from getting a cute romance story we get a story of power. We get an amazing mfc who stands up for herself in a male dominated work space and we go through all the scenarios that are way too common within the workplace for women especially women of color.

The love story is cute and the spicy was okay. I did think it was going to be a bit spicer. I've read all of this authors fantasy books and her first romance book was just as amazing and powerful!

I adored this soo much! It has all the best tropes - enemies/rivals in the workplace to lovers, forced proximity, only one bed, etc. Our FMC Trishara is a fierce woman of color in STEM trying to navigate her way through a white male dominated field, and Rafe is the gorgeous, cocky boss’ son who is constantly antagonizing her. When they’re both chosen for a prestigious work retreat in Hawaii and accidentally assigned to the honeymoon suite, they’re forced to face what’s been building up between them for years.

The banter was so fun, the tension and slow burn were killing me, and the spice was amazing. Rafe had me blushing and kicking my feet. This had so many sweet and emotional moments and ugh I just loved it. Definitely pick this one up if you’re a romance girlie!

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Nisha is a queen, my heart queen if you will! After reading a lot of dark thrillers lately, I really needed this! This book sends a great message on both women empowerment and PoC. Anything is possible, and so is love!

Yeah. Yep. 100%. Not Safe for Work is a MUST READ. Nisha does enemies to lovers/workplace romance SO GOOD, I’ll just go ahead and start the slow clap now and wait for yall to catch up once this is published. Trishara is unapologetically fierce and stands up for her convictions and Rafe is… vulnerably cocky. Honestly, I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to grab a physical copy for my trophy shelf!

Thank you Forever for an ARC of this book!

I was excited about Not Safe For Work since Nisha Tuli is one of my favourite romantasy authors! However this book was just not original enough for me.
The characters lack depth and don’t develop much as the book progresses. I liked that Tris, the FMC is a woman of colour in a STEM job and that she is really good at her job. The author also did a good job of highlighting some of the discrimination and biases that exist in such jobs although in my experience, these biases are far more subtle.
I laughed out loud at the engineers going for a fourth wing type obstacle course. That was just ludicrous. Have you seen 30+ year old engineers? Sure, some of us are fit and healthy. Many of us though,even in leadership roles, are not. Doing military style obstacles courses to show leadership is just difficult to believe. Rafe, the mmc was shown to be this tall, dark, broody character and I felt he was written that way to conform to a stereotype. He actually was fairly confused about what he wanted throughout the book which annoyed me a little. The dialogue felt a little awkward and didn’t sound like it came from people that were approaching their 30s and instead sounded more new adult-ish.
I don’t mean to bash the book or the author - the book was definitely readable and maybe for someone new to the genre, this would be more fun. There were some laugh out loud moments for sure. The author clearly gave the fmc some detailed thought and I liked how the book ended.

Um! I absolutely devoured this book! Nisha is such an incredible writer and it was so fun to read her romcom debut! I am so thankful to have received an ARC and cannot wait to see what she puts out next.

Rafe and Tris' banter throughout the book had me giggling and kicking my feet. I loved their slow-burn enemies(ish) to lovers romance. Nisha really knows how to write a hot romance, while also tackling tangible issues and meaningful character growth. I loved the realistic depiction of the challenges that women in male-dominated STEM fields face. I love that Tris stands her ground and does what's right, rather than playing the game to advance in her career via questionable choices.

All-in-all, I highly recommend reading this book when it officially releases because it is an easy, addicting read filled with lovable characters that you can't help but root for!

Holy cannoli, this was a ton of fun to read. I think I had every emotion under the sun during my time reading this - happy, sad, angry, in awe, annoyed, I could go on.

Do I have the entirety of the Artefacts of Ouranos series sitting on my tbr? Yep. Did I choose to read my ARC of this first even though it's a completely different vibe to that series? Also yep. I've heard such wonderful things about Nisha J. Tuli's writing, so I was ecstatic to read something from her. And now that I've finished NSFW, I am d y i n g to get going on the romantasy series. It's moving up my tbr list, like, immediately.

NSFW had plenty of great themes and tropes, and I felt like they were tackled incredible well by the author. Tris and Rafe's story was literally like reading a roller coaster. I went from hating him, because of how we see the situation from Tris' POV at the start, to being downright swoony for him. He was perceived as very one-sided, typical work-bro guy until the reader gets little pieces of his personality throughout the story. We get to learn about him as Tris does, and it was fun to read.

Tris is the very definition of a headstrong, kick-ass female lead. She stands up for herself. She challenged people who need to be challenged, and she gave strong voice as a women in STEM. She was quite literally the absolute star of this story. I loved that we got the story from her POV. Her way of approaching some of the tough situation is something to aspire to. Yes, stand up for your self, be your own gosh darn hero. That's how I saw her, anyway. I loved her friendship with Molly, and the new friendships she got to make too.

A couple of the tropes that made me want to read this:
- rivals to lovers
- women of color
- there's only one bed
- STEM setting

So very grateful for my ARC from NetGalley and the publisher, Forever(Grand Central Publishing).

Just finished this book, and let me tell you, it was a 5 star read for me. Trishara is such a baddie! Not only was the spice excellent, but the plot was chef's kiss. I highly recommend it.

I only have one word.. the angst!!!! The angst and banter between these two characters, Rafe and Trishara (Tris) is everything!
A rival to lovers workplace romance that is told in Tris's POV. After getting selected for a three week long leadership seminar in Maui with none other than the boss's son whom she does not get along with, what could possibly go wrong.. other than done forced proximity and one bed action when the honeymoon suite is booked for the pair. So much tension and back and forth commentary between Rafe and Tris. Tris being blinded by her past relationship can't see what's right in front of her with Rafe. The audience sees the change and I swooned when the realization happened for me and not Tris (but it did for all her friends). Of course the slow burn of it all was top tier.
Not only is this a work place romance this also deals with a real world issue, showing how women are treated in male dominated fields being harassed, only being a "pretty face" or only being present to meet a quota.
I also loved that the book Tris was reading was Nisha J Tuli's Romantasy series Artefacts of Ouranos. Loved that little Easter egg.

4.5 stars

If you are a fan of
Ali hazelwood books, the rom-commers, forget me not (Julie Soto) you will definitely like this book!

Forced proximity, rivals to lovers, workplace romance and a diverse cast!


Thank you net galley for a copy of this book to review!

4 ⭐️

Thank you to Forever Publishing & Netgalley for the eARC!!

I really enjoyed this book & I definitely think it will be the romance book of the summer! I think the rivals to lovers / workplace romance aspect of this book was so fun & I loved the banter between Tris and Rafe. So happy I got to read Nisha's first contemporary romance early & will definitely be recommending it to everyone!

This was SO GOOD. I finished this in less than a day, I couldn’t put it down. This gave Christina Lauren’s The Paradise Problem x Ali Hazelwood vibes and I loved it!

Absolutely over the top ridiculous premises with some serious hot button controversial topics, but it worked. Somehow it felt real and lighthearted despite the possible pitfalls. Some of the activities on this business retreat felt more appropriate to a romantic reality show than an engineering leadership training conference, but then I remembered some of those crazy (and often inappropriate) team building retreats of the the 1990's and you know what, unlikely, but plausible. Especially given the blatant nepotism and white male privilege rampant in this particular company.

I appreciated that Tuli dealt with these issues in a way that felt very matter of fact and real and it didn't ever get heavy or preachy. It did get deep in spots though and it was pretty awesome watching Tris grow into an even more impressive woman than she started the book as. Not to say she didn't have her broken-I-can't-do-this-anymore moments too - she is human.

The romance - Rafe was an enigma that over the slow burn of the book gradually became a totally different guy from the first impression given. If anything Rafe's growth and changes were far more profound than Tris' but we only kinda see around the edges and have to fill in the blanks because it is all from Tris' perspective. Her rival turned out to be, well, not at all who she thought he was. I think that is part of what made the book work too was seeing how the same pressures that constrained Tris, constrained Rafe as well, even though be all accounts he should have been the anointed one.

I was surprised that I enjoyed this book as much as I did. It had far more depth and nuance than I was expecting from the description. Pacing was right on and the support characters were fabulous.

Over the five years she has worked for her company, engineer Trishara Malik is used to getting passed up for promotions and opportunities. As a woman and a person of color, she knows that she doesn't fit into the the mold of what leadership at her company wants. Trishara is surprised when she is one of two employees chosen to attend a leadership retreat. She wants to make the best of this opportunity, but a booking mix-up lands her in the same suite as her work nemesis - Rafe Gallagher. The forced proximity makes her see that he's not the bad man that she thought he is.

This was a fun story! I read Nisha J. Tuli's fantasy series and I was curious to see what her contemporary romance writing would be like. Tuli has a fun and entertaining style and bit of quirkiness to her characters.

You could cut the tension between Trishara and Rafe with a knife. They had a deep seated hate for each other that built over the last five years. It was crazy how competitive they were and I wonder if that really happens in the corporate world. I liked that Trishara gave it right back to Rafe when he would needle her - the back and forth was popcorn-eating worthy.

This story was a bit of a slow burn because it took a while for Trishara to trust Rafe enough to let him in. She had been burned in the past and she was wary to bring her walls down. When they finally connected on an intimate level, it was steamy!

Pick this one up for an entertaining enemies-to-lovers workplace romance!

Steam level: 🔥🔥🔥
⚠️: sexual harassment

I loved everything this book represented - Asian rep, the female experience in a male dominated industry, micro aggressions towards POC, work trauma.

Like yes this book was sexy and fun but what made me personally enjoy Not Safe for Work was our main girl Trish and what she dealt with throughout her work trip (which was a slice of what she dealt with in the 5 years of working at a white & male dominated industry). You honestly don’t really get much representation on any of this and this made NSFW so special to me.

Also like Rafe was there, he was hawt when they finally stopped being enemies and started their 🥵🌶️ but honestly… our FMC stole the show for me. As she honestly should!

Nisha also ofc wrapped up some of my absolute fave tropes too: workplace rivals to lovers, only one bed/forced proximity, tension, and a slow burn. All wrapped up in a Hawaii setting?! I absolutely ate it down.