Below Zero
A few open-door scenes, described but not lingered on.
Direct. Plain anatomical words, moderately crude dialogue.
Estimated from the blurb · 0 reader votes · Ending HEA
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Blurb
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new steamy, STEMinist novella… It will take the frosty terrain of the Arctic to show these rival scientists that their chemistry burns hot. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn… Hannah’s got a bad feeling about this. Not only has the NASA aerospace engineer found herself injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station—but the one person willing to undertake the hazardous rescue mission is her longtime rival. Ian has been many things to Hannah: the villain who tried to veto her expedition and ruin her career, the man who stars in her most deliciously lurid dreams…but he’s never played the hero. So why is he risking everything to be here? And why does his presence seem just as dangerous to her heart as the coming snowstorm? To read Mara and Sadie’s stories look for the novellas Under One Roof and Stuck with You available now from Berkley!
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Abaixo de zero
Same rival-scientists Arctic rescue in Portuguese translation, identical grumpy-meets-stranded chemistry, just read in another language.
Stuck with You
Companion novella with the same STEM friend group and rival-coworkers banter, but a second-chance elevator setup instead of frozen wilderness.
Ugly Love, Maybe Someday, and Maybe Not
Shares forced-proximity and slow-burn attraction with high heat, but trades playful STEM rivalry for much darker, grief-heavy emotional territory.
My Dear F***ing Prince
Same enemies-to-lovers banter and forced proximity, but swapped for an MM royal romance with political stakes and homophobia instead of lab rivalry.
Welcome To The Real World
Another opposites-attract workplace romance with comedic banter, though gentler, less explicit, and set in the music industry rather than a STEM rivalry.
Colton's Deep Cover
Another forced-proximity workplace romance where danger throws two people together, though it leans suspenseful and less steamy than the banter-driven rivalry.