Stuck in an Elevator Romance Books: Where Love is Found in Small Spaces
If you love the forced proximity romance trope then you’re going to devour these stuck in an elevator romance books. In this book list and episode of the She Reads Romance Books Podcast, I’m talking about this fun micro-trope and my favorite books where the characters get stuck in an elevator, and love begins in small spaces.
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Episode 36: Stuck in an Elevator Romance Books: Where Love is Found in Small Spaces
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Books in This Episode:
The Best Stuck in An Elevator Romance Books:
The Redo
by Max Monroe
This first stuck in an elevator romance book that I absolutely adored and cannot recommend enough is The Redo by Max Monroe. This is actually the fourth book in their Winslow Brothers series obviously about four different brothers. Iโve read two other books in the series and really, really enjoyed them but gosh The Redo just totally hits you with all the feels and youโre just going to fall in love with both of these characters.
You could totally read it as a standalone but it does culminate with the last Winslow brother finding his happily ever after and that last brother to have the prophecy from this psychic that they went to come true.
This is the story about Remington โ a man who was left at the altar years ago – who happens to run into is former high school sweetheart in an elevator that gets stuck in New York City where itโs blazing hot outside and in the elevator. So, itโs also a bit of a second chance romance story if you love those.
Remy and Maria havenโt seen each other in years and now they are stuck in an elevator and sheโs pregnant but not just pregnant- sheโs pregnant with her sister and brother-in-lawโs baby but the kicker is that her sister and brother-in-law have recently passed in a car accident so she is now alone pregnant with the baby and running her own real estate business, andย slowly and understandably getting quite overwhelmed. And to top that all off she is now stuck in an elevator.
It’s a fun meet cute that brings them together. Remy being the nice guy he is, offers to help Maria but she declines.
But as luck would have it they happen to get stuck AGAIN in another elevator… while Maria goes into labor and gives birth. As if itโs not enough to have this hunk of a guy who doesnโt do relationships mind you, deliver her baby, he steps up to help her afterward even though she doesnโt want to be a burden, and seeing Remy with an infant, OMG.ย Itโs incredible.
This book also gives you this incredible found family because of course they find their happy ending together. I loved it so much and itโs such a great one in the stuck in an elevator trope where theyโre stuck not once but twice. I highly recommend it.
Mister Moneybags
by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward
The next book on my list of stuck in an elevator romance books is Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward. It is a hidden identity romance where Dex Truitt, a very successful business man meets Bianca in an elevator.
Sheโs on her way to interview him (though she doesnโt know itโs him) when they get stuck. Because of the way heโs dressed, she assumes Dex is a delivery guy not the actual guy sheโs supposed to interview whom she dubs โMister Moneybagsโ because she doesnโt like snobby, over educated, silver-spooned men that she thinks Dex is.
Well Dex was instantly taken with her so he cancels their interview, only agreeing to answer her questions via text if he can ask her his own questions. Meanwhile he starts dating her pretending to be the messenger guy โJayโ she met in the elevator.
So you can see where this is going โ heโs totally painting himself in a corner where Bianca is falling for both men. And thatโs where it gets a bit wonky and crazy drama ensues so if thatโs not your thing then you can skip this one but it was enjoyable because I liked their meet cute in the elevator and how he has to pull himself out of the lies that heโs spinning. So thatโs Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward.
Replay
by Amy Daws
Next up on my list of stuck in an elevator romance books is Replay by Amy Daws. I just love Amy Dawโs work. Her banter is just hilarious and I love the characters she writes. This one is a second chance romance that is part of her Harris brothers world (which are her soccer romance books that are fabulous if you havenโt read them) but one that had a bit more heaviness then her other books in that series.
It features a hot Italian who wears a suit so I mean I didnโt need to know much more about the book than that to read it if Iโm being honest.
As much as I love the soccer playing Harris brothers, this book was a bit different as we get the story of Santino Rossi, the lawyer for the soccer club, and the sister of Mac โ one of the soccer playing boys.
Santino and Tilly have past history where things got pretty hot and heavy between the playboy and the wild girl but that was five years ago. Now Santino wants to put those playboy days behind him and Tilly is just trying to forget but their past and their attraction comes roaring back when they find themselves stuck in an elevator when Tilly moves back to town after being away for five years.
For me, itโs hard not to love a great second chance romance when the characters are so deserving. I really liked the set-up of their past and how theyโve grown to be different people than they were when they first met and yet their attraction is still there.
Santino and Tilly are great examples of โreal peopleโ to me. Sometimes romance books can make characters too perfect or even too hateful to make me believe in their love connections, but not this one.
I think Dawsโ Tilly and Santino of the past are examples of some real people in their twenties who party too hard, drink too much and who are just not out there looking for a long-term relationship. Of course, that catches up to Tilly and now sheโs back and better than ever in my mind.
This story is told from dual POVs which is awesome because you get inside both of their heads. This was just a great overall read which Daws seems to always deliver.
I highly recommend for fans of the Harris brothers but even if youโre new to the series you can easily read this as a standalone.
Check out my book review of Replay.
Alphaโs Temptation
by Renee Rose and Lee Savino
My next book where the characters get stuck in an elevator is Alphaโs Temptation by Renee Rose and Lee Savino. This is a billionaire and werewolf romance which is quite the combo.
Jackson is a self-made billionaire who was banished from his birth pack. Heโs someone content to be along but then he gets trapped in an elevator with Kylie who completely panics being stuck in the small space and unable to get out and Jacksonโs inner wolf is like โMINEโ even though sheโs human.
So Jackson helps her through their ordeal but then comes to find out that she is the hacker (now former hacker) who almost took down his company in the past when she was a teen and the person heโs been hunting ever since. Kylie however has gone straight and is there hoping to get a legit job but unfortunately has to deal iwht the ordeal of being trapped on her way to her interview.
Could the writing have been a bit tighter, sure, but if you like wolf shifters who are fantastic at dirty talk then Iโd give Alphaโs Temptation a go.
Stuck With You
by Ali Hazelwood
Last on my list of romance books where the characters get stuck in an elevator is one of Ali Hazelwoodโs STEM novellas, called Stuck With You. All of her Steminist novellas surround a friend group of women who are scientists working around the globe. Stuck With You is Sadieโs story and another one of Hazelwoodโs enemies to lovers romances.
Sadie gets stuck for hours in a New York City elevator with Erik, a man who broke her heart after their first encounter. Both she and Erik are civil engineers and had this one great night but then miscommunication ensues and now she would rather be anywhere but stuck in that small space with him.
The novella alternates between the present with them being stuck and the past when they first meet. Because itโs a short novella there is a bit of instalove but it didnโt bother me. I just loved the forced proximity bit that forced them to finally address their miscommunication.
I will say that I listened to this as an audiobook which influenced me a lot. I did not care for the narrator for Erik who sounded so stuffy it was a bit hard to get over so I would read it, not listen to it if you have the choice.
So if you loved The Love Hypothesis, I would recommend it as this book has more great writing, fun interjections of current trends and a good story arc.
This was such a fun micro-trope to talk about and I hope YOU enjoyed it and found some new books to add to your TBR list.
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