I read this book recently and remembered this thread. I've never been a romance novel fan (I don't like the typical story where the couple meet, almost immediately fall into bed, then have a huge, stupid misunderstanding, then forgive each other and decide to get married, all in a time span of a couple of weeks), but I came across this while browsing the library and it turned out to be a fun read which does not follow the above-described formula:
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
description copied from Overdrive library:
Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.
Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.
When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories.
By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.
What would he say . . . ?