Books like Playing hard to get

A soapy, high-angst newsroom romance where professional boundaries clash with undeniable attraction. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Playing hard to get.

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passionate
bustling
secretive

01
Surrender
Charlotte Lamb
A high-stakes battle of wills where corporate ambition collides with obsessive, all-consuming passion.
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02
Too close for comfort
Charlotte Lamb
A fiery, tension-filled workplace romance where sharp banter masks deep vulnerabilities and undeniable attraction.
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- passionate
- bustling
- dramatic
03
A Matter of Trust
Penny Jordan
A classic, emotionally heightened vintage romance where mistaken motives ignite an undeniable, tension-filled workplace attraction.
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- passionate
- dramatic
- earnest
04
Rules Of The Game
Penny Jordan
A high-angst, vintage romance of mistaken identity where innocent longing collides with experienced cynicism.
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- earnest
- intense
05
Intense Involvement
Jenny Arden
A classic battle of wills where professional boundaries melt under the heat of irresistible, angsty attraction.
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- earnest
06
Love match
Roberta Leigh
A classic battle of wits where professional friction inevitably melts into breathless romantic surrender.
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- tense
- dramatic
07
Master of Her Virtue
Miranda Lee
A glamorous, high-stakes collision between a sheltered wallflower and a commanding alpha, dripping with classic romance angst.
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- passionate
- earnest
08
Barrier To Love
Rosemary Hammond
A classic vintage romance steeped in yearning, where a guarded career woman risks her heart on an emotionally unavailable playboy.
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- dramatic
- earnest
- fear of commitment
- emotional walls
09
It all depends on love
Roberta Leigh
A fiery, vintage battle of wills where stubborn ambition collides with undeniable attraction.
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- dramatic
- earnest
10
Elegant Barbarian
Catherine Spencer
A deliciously angsty vintage romance where simmering frustration boils over into undeniable passion.
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- passionate
- earnest
11
Love Spin
Ann Charlton
A vintage romance of simmering tension and second chances, where a guarded widow learns to take the wheel of her own life and heart once more.
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- dramatic
- earnest
- intense
12
The Tycoon's Trophy Mistress
Lee Wilkinson
A high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse where calculated revenge melts into undeniable, glamorous passion.
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- tense
- passionate
- dramatic
- intense

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