“Love with all your heart and show kindness in all your actions.”
If you’re still thinking about Rowan Kane and Zahra Gul, you’re definitely not alone. The Fine Print delivered everything us romance lovers crave: a grumpy billionaire boss, an insanely charming heroine, workplace forced proximity, and enemies-to-lovers banter that kept us flipping the pages long into the night. But what should you read when you’re craving that same electrifying spark? Whether you’re looking for rich CEOs falling haplessly in love, fake-dating arrangements with high stakes, or grumpy-meet-sunshine dynamics that give you all the butterflies, there are plenty of incredible romances that hit all the right tropes. To save you from endless scrolling, we’ve rounded up the ultimate reading list for Lauren Asher fans. Here are our favourite books like The Fine Print that deserve to be on your bookshelf.
Dreamland Billionaire Series Books By Lauren Asher
- The Fine Print (2021) – Dreamland Billionaires #1
- Terms and Conditions (2022) – Dreamland Billionaires #2
- Final Offer (2023) – Dreamland Billionaires #3
By A Thread – Lucy Score
Kicking off our list of the best books like The Fine Print is Lucy Score’s By a Thread. From Dominic’s perspective, there’s nothing innocent about Ally Morales. Maybe her colourful, annoying, inexplicably alluring personality brightens up the magazine’s offices that have felt like a prison for the past year. But that doesn’t mean that he’s going to be the next Russo man to take advantage of his position.
Ally is working herself to death at half a dozen dead-end jobs for some secret reason she doesn’t feel like sharing with Dominic. She’s nothing more than a puzzle for him to solve. By a Thread is a steamy, swoony workplace rom-com with a grumpy boss hero determined to save the day, and a plucky heroine who is beginning to wonder if there’s actually a beating heart beneath her boss’ sexy vest.
The Stopover – T.L. Swan
An unexpected first-class upgrade, a snowstorm, and one unforgettable stopover with a man who made her lose all sense of reason. That was supposed to be the end of it. But when Emily Foster walks into her new job at Miles Media, she comes face-to-face with the man she thought she’d never see again. Jameson Miles is powerful, ruthless, and totally off-limits. He’s also determined to pick up precisely where the two of them left off.
But Emily isn’t the same woman she was that night. And she’s not prepared to risk her dream job on their connection, no matter how electric it might be. As the tension between them builds, so does the chaos around them. But Jameson isn’t a man who gives up easily. And when it comes to Emily, he’s determined to make her his, no matter what it takes.
The Favor – Suzanne Wright
Vienna Stratton knew she only had herself to blame. You didn’t let yourself become indebted to a man like Dane Davenport, no matter how badly you needed his help. As his personal assistant, she was acutely aware that the globally successful CEO was ruthless and unforgiving.
Of course, if she’d known he’d requested that she be his wife for twelve months, she’d have hesitated in accepting his help. Because what she’d learned from Dane was that the devil wasn’t ugly and terrorising. He was seductive and captivating. He hummed with whispers of temptation – the temptation to sin and surrender, to let him brand and possess you. He awakened every need and fantasy you had. He could even make you love him.
A Deal With The Devil – Elizabeth O’Roark
Hayes Flynn is an arrogant jerk, known best for his scotch habit and the way he spreads his British “charm” all over Hollywood, never with the same woman twice. He’s the last person in the world anyone would want to work for.
Except he has a face you’re unable to look away from, and the longer you spend with him, the tougher he becomes to hate. Because under that smug exterior is a heart he doesn’t want the rest of the world to see – one that was badly broken a decade earlier. A part of you wants to fix him before your six-week stint with him is up, but can you do without breaking your own in the process?
You Can Have Manhattan – P. Dangelico
Sydney Evans is no stranger to hard work. It’s the one constant in her life. And with no family or friends to speak of, it’s been easy to pour everything she has into her career as general counsel for Blackstone Holdings. She wants for nothing. Until her boss offers her a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. All she has to do in return is marry his good-for-nothing son.
Scott Blackstone used to be a party animal. He hasn’t been that guy in a long time, though. Not since he moved to Wyoming, bought a failing cattle ranch, and turned it into a profitable business. All is good. Until a phone call from his father threatens the quiet, simple life he’s built. Marry or lose everything. And to a woman he can’t stand, no less. Well, Scott isn’t going down without a fight. He’s never going back to Manhattan. Not if he can help it.
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The Contract – Melanie Moreland
A tyrant by day, a playboy by night. That is the reputation that precedes Richard VanRyan. He lives the life the way he wants, with no concern for the opinion of others. He cares for no one, is completely unrepentant, and he has no desire to change his ways.
Katharine Elliott works under Richard as his PA. She despises him and his questionable ethics, but endures all the garbage he sends her way because she needs the job. Her end goal is far more important than the daily abuse and demands she tolerates from her nasty tyrant of a boss. Until the day he asks her for something she never expected. A new role with a personal contract. What happens when two people who loathe each other have to live together and act as though they are madly in love?
Flawless – Elsie Silver
Rhett Eaton is the face of professional bull riding. The golden boy. Or at least he was until it all blew up in his face after a public brawl. Now his agent says he has to clean up his image, and sticks Rhett with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as “full-time supervision.” But Rhett doesn’t need a goddamn babysitter – especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can’t stop running.
And he soon learns that Summer Hamilton isn’t just another conquest. She sees the man behind the mask, and she doesn’t run – she pulls him closer, even when she shouldn’t. She says there are boundaries they shouldn’t cross. That Rhett’s reputation can’t take any more hits… and neither can her damaged her.
The Spanish Love Deception – Elena Armas
Catalina Martin desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows – including her ex and his fiancée – will be there and eager to meet him. She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight, and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool.
Enter Aaron Blackford – her tall, handsome, condescending colleague – who surprisingly offers to step in. She’d rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man. But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realise he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is in the office.
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Part-time reader, part-time rambler, and full-time Horror enthusiast, James has been writing for What We Reading since 2022. His earliest reading memories involved Historical Fiction, Fantasy and Horror tales, which he has continued to take with him to this day. James’ favourite books include The Last (Hanna Jameson), The Troop (Nick Cutter) and Chasing The Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar).
