Why You'll Love This
He got her fired, she ended up as his employee, and somehow he's the one who can't handle it.
- Great if you want: enemies-to-lovers with real tension and actual stakes
- The experience: slow-burn that earns it — banter-heavy and compulsively readable
- The writing: Score writes sharp, witty dialogue that keeps pages turning effortlessly
- Skip if: brooding alpha heroes who run hot and cold frustrate you
About This Book
Ally Morales did not plan on getting fired by a stranger over a slice of pizza — and she definitely did not plan on showing up to her new job only to find that same stranger sitting behind the editor-in-chief's desk. By a Thread drops readers into a collision of pride, proximity, and reluctant attraction, where two stubborn people are stuck together in a high-pressure fashion magazine while trying to pretend they don't notice each other. The stakes are personal and layered: job security, family legacy, self-worth, and the slow erosion of very carefully maintained walls.
What makes this one land harder than the average workplace romance is Lucy Score's instinct for comic timing balanced against genuine emotional weight. The banter is sharp without feeling choreographed, and the tension between Ally and Dominic builds through accumulation rather than manufactured drama. Score gives both characters interior lives that complicate the push-and-pull in satisfying ways, and at 584 pages, she earns the slow burn rather than rushing it. Readers who want a romance that makes them laugh out loud in one chapter and feel something real in the next will find this pacing deeply rewarding.
