Rebecca Sorrenson has lived her life by one simple rule, keep to routine. No conflict, no surprises, and definitely no interaction with her grumpy boss. She certainly wasn’t expecting to be the backup plan to attend a conference in Maplecrest, PA after a colleague's unfortunate accident.. Now she’s spending four days out of town, alone, with him.

The solution? Stay as invisible as possible until the conference is over.

From the moment he saw his new sunshine employee Graham Wicks’ world turned upside down. He wants to know her better, but Rebecca won’t look at him, she doesn’t speak to him, she downright refuses to give him anything. 

But now? She’ll finally have to acknowledge his existence.

Between travel disasters, adversarial elevators, and one hotel mix-up (because of course), Graham is determined to figure out why Rebecca evades him. 

When Rebecca’s past unexpectedly shows up, it shatters the fragile walls she’s built around her and for the first time Graham sees the truth behind her avoidance. As the lines between professional and personal begin to blur, warding off Graham stops being an option, and the last person Rebecca expected to steady her might be the one she’s been avoiding all along.

Forced Proximity is book one in a series of interconnected standalones. For fans of Grumpy x Sunshine, workplace romances where he falls first and there’s only one bed!