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The Flatshare (2019)
7.5/10on Open Library
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Tiffy needs a cheap place fast, and Leon works nights and needs extra money. They take turns using a one-bedroom apartment and get to know each other through notes about trash day and leftovers. It’s a lovely pick if you want a romance that grows out of being considerate when nobody’s there to see it.
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With Love, from Cold World (2023)
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An indoor winter attraction in Orlando gives Lauren a bookkeeping job and Asa a place to make the workday fun. When the owner asks them to bring in more revenue, their rivalry turns into a real test of how well they can work together. Pick it for the satisfaction of seeing two people who care about the same workplace finally realize it.
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Queerly Beloved (2022)
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After a Christian bakery fires her, Amy turns a last-minute bridesmaid gig into a business and meets Charley, an engineer new to Tulsa. There’s a sharp joke in making a living by keeping other people happy just as you’re learning how much that habit can cost you. The romance and the business put the same pressure on Amy from different directions.
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Funny Story (2024)
8.3/10on Open Library
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Daphne loves her job as a children’s librarian in Michigan, but it barely pays the bills. After her fiancé leaves her, she suggests sharing a place with Miles, the other person their exes left behind. The shared rent gives them a credible reason to stick around long enough to see each other as more than fellow casualties of a breakup.
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Love and Rent (2026)
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Hannah is struggling to get by when an accidental invitation turns into a relationship with the much better-off Oscar. Moving in with him means a move halfway across the country. The romance asks how two people can make a life together when the same decision means something very different to each of their bank accounts.
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Eight Perfect Hours (2021)
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Noelle cleans houses, worries about bills, and stays close to home to help her mother. Getting snowed in on the road with a stranger gives her a rare stretch of time away from those obligations. It’s a good choice if you like the idea of fate bringing two people together and still want to see what it takes to make room for that person in an already full life.
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Act Your Age, Eve Brown (2021)
7.0/10on Open Library
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Eve turns up to interview for a chef job at Jacob’s bed-and-breakfast and accidentally hits him with her car. She winds up helping him run the place. It’s an especially funny way to put someone who prizes order in a position where he has to depend on a person he’s already written off.
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Boyfriend Project (2020)
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Samiah wants to build her own app and has sworn off dating for six months. Then Daniel starts working with her. The tension comes from watching a woman who has set aside time for her own ambitions decide how much of that time she actually wants to share.
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The Worst Best Man (2020)
7.0/10on Open Library
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Wedding planner Lina has a career opportunity she can’t afford to treat casually. It means working with Max, the best man she blames for her own wedding falling apart. The delight is in watching two people who would happily avoid each other have to become convincing partners at work first.
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The Ex Talk (2021)
4.0/10on Open Library
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Public radio producer Shay pitches a relationship show to keep her struggling station afloat. Her boss pairs her with Dominic and asks them to pose as exes. They already know how to get on each other’s nerves, which makes the ruse easy to sell. The fun is in the widening gap between what they can say into a microphone and what they can admit to each other afterward.
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Do Me a Favor (2024)
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Widowed cookbook ghostwriter Willa is stuck on a project for a viral cooking personality. The handyman next door, Hudson, comes with a farm full of family and animals and gives her something different to think about. Pick this for a quieter romance about starting over when there’s still a paying job to get done and both people already have lives of their own.
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Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake (2022)
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Lizzie has just lost another bakery job when a two-night stand changes her plans again. This is the sharper pick if you want a funny romance that takes seriously how hard it can be to keep a job when ADHD is working against you. Lizzie’s pleasure in baking and her trouble holding a baking job make an especially convincing pair.
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Summer Romance (2024)
8.0/10on Open Library
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Ali makes her living organizing other people’s homes while her own pantry is a wreck. She’s grieving her mother and adjusting to her husband leaving when someone from her past makes a summer romance seem possible. Start here if you’d like a love story about getting some of your own time back after years of being the person who puts things in order.
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Chef's Kiss (2022)
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Simone likes developing recipes and would rather leave the video work to someone else. Her cookbook publisher has other plans, and keeping her job means working with Ray, the test kitchen manager who’s a natural on camera. There’s real bite beneath the food comedy when Ray comes out as nonbinary at work and Simone has to reckon with what she owes the place that gave her a career.
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