Books like Just friends by Robyn Sisman

PhD candidate Olive Smith pretends to be in love with fellow scientist Adam Carlsen, only to find that chemistry might be more than just a lab reaction.

Don Tillman, a genetics professor with Asperger’s, designs a scientific survey to find a wife, only to meet Rosie Jarman, a drinker and late arriver who challenges his controlled worldview and leads him to discover that love can’t be measured.

Executive assistants Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman battle over a promotion, turning office rivalry into a witty, high‑stakes game of love and humor within Bexley‑Gamin Publishing.

Poppy, a free‑spirited New Yorker, and Alex, a quiet book‑lover from their hometown, have shared summer vacations for a decade until a fateful trip tore them apart. Now, desperate to reclaim their friendship, she invites him for one last getaway.

Emma, a bubbly businesswoman, reveals her most embarrassing secrets to a stranger on a plane, forcing her to confront her past and the reality of who she really is.

Rebecca Bloomwood’s compulsive shopping spirals her into debt, but when a compelling story lands, she writes an article that transforms her life and those around her.

Rachel, a Manhattan attorney, teeters between loyalty and desire when her best friend’s fiancé becomes an unexpected love interest, forcing her to confront friendship, risk, and the blurred line between right and wrong.

A contemporary romance about a woman who, after a failed marriage, re‑enters the theatrical world, hoping for love and success amid the drama of a new play.

When an elevator encounter turns into an unexpected fake date, a high‑powered groomsman and a nurse’s aide must decide whether a night of fun is enough to bridge the miles between a pediatric surgeon in Los Angeles and a Berkeley chief of staff.

At Macdonald Hall, mischief‑making friends Bruno and Boots are separated by the headmaster, sparking a battle of wits as they scheme to reclaim their room and outsmart their new roommates.

Three sisters struggle to reconcile their faith with the world outside the convent.

The Girls in 3‑B follows three working‑class young women in 1950s Iowa and Chicago as they navigate the challenges of gender expectations, workplace politics, and clandestine lesbian relationships.

A tale of love, first love, and growing pains between two friends who embark on a journey of self-discovery.

"Tabitha Brewer wakes up one morning to find her husband gone, leaving her no way to support herself and their two children, never mind their upscale Philadelphia lifestyle. She'd confess her situation to her friends--if it wasn't for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: "I'll tell them what you did." Instead, she does her best to keep up appearances, even as months pass and she can barely put food on the table--much less replace a light bulb. While she looks for a job, she lives in fear that someone will see her stuffing toilet paper into her handbag or pinching basil from a neighbor's window box. Soon, blindsided by catastrophe, surprised by romance, and stunned by the kindness of a stranger, Tabitha realizes she can't keep her secrets forever. Sooner or later, someone is bound to figure out that her life is far from perfect." --Publishers description.

Two late‑thirties, single Scotswomen on a holiday in Northern France find their friendship tested by travel mishaps, cynical banter, and a shared rejection of traditional romance.

217 p

See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19781733W/Eleanor_Oliphant_Is_Completely_Fine

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