Will the union negotiator and the corporate executive go from knocking heads to knocking boots? This slow burn, spicy workplace romance has likeable rivals with forbidden chemistry that ends with an explosion.
Workplace romance
Enemies to Lovers
He Falls First
Interracial Romance
Multicultural Romance
Small Town Romance
Forbidden Romance
Rivals to Lovers
Slow burn
Spicy HEA ending
For the Corporation: Brick Feld
Brick is a young, handsome, hella ripped corporate executive at WCP Crestline Industries. He's new to town, new to the company and determined to prove his worth by winning a labor contract that is favorable to the board and his admittedly asshat boss. He likes to work out. He has a pit bull. He has his eyes on the woman who's been sitting across from him at the negotiations table. Brick sees her inscrutable poker face as a puzzle he will solve.
For the Workers: Mabel McGee
Mabel is the Union's top negotiator. She's devastatingly smart, and beautiful to boot. She's a local, has the the home-team advantage, and is absolutely dedicated to winning the best contract for the workers. She sees Brick as nothing more than a corporate tool, an obstacle to fair labor conditions that she will find a way around, or break down, if need be.
When they bump into each other at a pool party, barely clothed, a surprising and dangerous spark of attraction bubbles up between them. Mabel and Brick each think they can work this angle to their respective advantage. The stakes are high, the pressure is on and the undeniable chemistry between these two just might cook them.