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Next Level Love

Shameez Patel

When your favorite player turns out to be your very real boss, the rules are a lot more complicated.

Elizabeth Gordon-Bettencourt is rebuilding her life on her own terms, starting with a new internship, a shot at her dream job as a civil engineer, and a whole lot of distance from her family’s drama. With her life full of change, the one constant is @theanswerisno, a charming gamer who seems to just…get her. Even if he has no interest in meeting her in real life.

Elizabeth would feel …

When your favorite player turns out to be your very real boss, the rules are a lot more complicated.

Elizabeth Gordon-Bettencourt is rebuilding her life on her own terms, starting with a new internship, a shot at her dream job as a civil engineer, and a whole lot of distance from her family’s drama. With her life full of change, the one constant is @theanswerisno, a charming gamer who seems to just…get her. Even if he has no interest in meeting her in real life.

Elizabeth would feel a lot more confident about her job if her new boss wasn’t so hard to read. Lincoln Carden is quiet, demanding, and adamant about avoiding small talk—especially in the office. What she doesn’t know is that online, he’s someone else entirely: quick, confident, and a little bit flirty. And his favorite player to team up with is @pancakesareelite, the one person who never makes him feel like he has to try so hard. As their two worlds start to collide, Elizabeth and Lincoln start to wonder: with their careers on the line and their online friendship at risk, is a romance IRL worth it?

eBook, 378 pages

English language

Published Jan. 20, 2026 by Forever.

ISBN:: 978-1-5387-6841-9
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Subjects

contemporary fiction
romance

Reviews

dawn reviewed Next Level Love by Shameez Patel

so good

5.0 stars

ok honestly i did not have high hopes for this because most books in this genre disappoint me with all the unhealthy relationship dynamics, miscommunication and emotional immaturity, but this was so much better than i had expected!!! there were still plenty of misunderstandings, but the couple put in a lot of effort to communicate honestly and empathetically with each other. i know, low bar, but given the state of rom-com fiction these days… i’ve learnt to keep my expectations low.

i know many people will be put off by the boss-subordinate relationship at first glance (i get it, i was sceptical too) but somehow the author managed to pull it off without it being predatory and creepy. if i had to pick one thing i didn’t like, it would be the instant attraction, but other than that i think this was a really solid read.

edit to …

ok honestly i did not have high hopes for this because most books in this genre disappoint me with all the unhealthy relationship dynamics, miscommunication and emotional immaturity, but this was so much better than i had expected!!! there were still plenty of misunderstandings, but the couple put in a lot of effort to communicate honestly and empathetically with each other. i know, low bar, but given the state of rom-com fiction these days… i’ve learnt to keep my expectations low.

i know many people will be put off by the boss-subordinate relationship at first glance (i get it, i was sceptical too) but somehow the author managed to pull it off without it being predatory and creepy. if i had to pick one thing i didn’t like, it would be the instant attraction, but other than that i think this was a really solid read.

edit to mention: lincoln has ADHD but he also feels very autistic-coded to me, and specifically the kind of autistic that i am. i’ve literally never related to a character this hard.

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