A Date with Connie Bowler
By Mónica Benítez — Paperback, November 17, 2025
A sharp, emotionally charged sapphic romance about two guarded women, complicated workplace chemistry, and the courage it takes to rebuild your life after everything falls apart. In A Date with Connie Bowler, Mónica Benítez delivers a magnetic contemporary love story perfect for fans of workplace tension, age-gap dynamics, and queer romances where vulnerability becomes the bravest kind of power.
Connie Bowler returns to Baltimore after ten long years, determined to reclaim the career that was stolen from her by a false accusation. Armed with immaculate suits, a smoky voice, and a spine of tempered steel, she’s ready to take back her place and prove—to herself and to everyone watching—that she’s still a force to be reckoned with.
Across the office, Hayden Reid excels as the company’s most brilliant programmer. Precision is her armor; routines are her safety net. But past trauma has taught her that the safest way to live is to keep everyone at a distance—until Connie starts lingering by the office coffee machine, disrupting her peace with confidence, charisma, and an unexpected kindness Hayden doesn’t know how to process.
What begins as casual workplace run-ins soon swells into something charged and undeniable. As Connie pushes forward in rebuilding her life and Hayden struggles to trust the world again, the two women find themselves drawn into a connection neither planned for. But taking a chance on love means confronting their fears, reevaluating their assumptions, and discovering that together, they may be stronger than their darkest memories.
Layered, warm, and quietly intense, A Date with Connie Bowler celebrates queer resilience, emotional healing, and the unexpected ways two people can rewrite the story of their lives—one shared moment at a time. It’s the kind of romance that lingers long after the final page.
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