Absolutely in love with this fun rom com debut from Chloe Ford. I snorted, I laughed and I cheered for both Fliss and James to first get back to the civilisation in the Highlands, then to realise they do like each other. The witty banter and unexpected love made a delicious backdrop for this twist on a forced proximity trope. One tent and 'the last person in the world' were both high stakes that just stoked the fire under Fliss and James further. I adored the very firm hate between the two at the start of the book, which had then showed both of them quite soon how prejudiced they had been against each other.

Writing, pacing, humour and crackling chemistry were all *chef's kisses*. Outstanding!

The narrator was amazing, feel like she had really brought out Fliss' personality.

Such a joy. Can't wait for Chloe Ford's next book!

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing me with the audiobook.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher, Head of Zeus for allowing me early access to the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
This was a really fun and enjoyable romance book, I had a great time listening. The author did an incredible job of creating multi-faceted characters. There were moments where I felt really empathetic towards the MCs plight and other times where I just felt frustrated with her for her snap misjudgements of others!
The narrator, Grace Calder, did such an incredible job of voicing both these characters. It's amazing to think one person narrated all characters within this audio book. Grace was amazing at creating different tones for individual characters and voicing different personalities for each of them.
This is the first contemporary romance I have listened to (or read) in a very long time and it made me fall in love with the genre again.
I have a wonderful time listening and I can't wait to dive headfirst back into romance.

"Work Trip" by Chloe Ford is a delightful and engaging read! Ford masterfully blends humor and relatable workplace dynamics, making for a truly enjoyable experience. The characters are well-developed and the plot keeps you turning the pages. It's a perfect escape that manages to be both lighthearted and surprisingly insightful about office culture. Highly recommended!

This was such a fun and entertaining romcom! I listened to this one in under a day as I found it quite addictive and loved our two main characters, even if Fliss could be annoying at times! The chemistry and banter was great, and I also loved the Scottish setting. But mostly, I’m obsessed with the ‘I’m sorry if the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours’ line and will be using it abundantly from now on!

Overall a great debut, and I enjoyed the audio narration too.

A classic workplace rom-com. Perfect for fans of forced proximity and enemies to lovers tropes.

Fliss, Head of Marketing and James, Head of Sales, are rival colleagues and both vying for promotion. Sent on a team building trip to the Scottish Highlands, they find themselves abandoned alone together with one tent, no phone signal, a map and £50.

With sizzling chemistry and plenty of banter, Work Trip is the perfect romantic comedy.

Being a bit predictable I didn't give it the full 5*, but still worthy of a strong 4*.

Grace Calder did a fantastic narration enhancing the characters distinctive personalities and wit.

Thank you to Head of Zeus and Netgalley for providing the advanced audio ARC.

Work trip.

Thank you to Zeus Audiobooks for this advanced audio copy. This has not affected my review of Work Trip.

Whilst Work Trip is not an original storyline (with it being the classic enemies to lovers in a workplace), it was a fun listen. This is very similar to other reads such as The Spanish Love Deception and The Hating Game. The banter between James & Fliss was enjoyable to listen to and I must admit, I did like them as a couple. The classic forced proximity trope was good though - I must admit, I am a complete sucker for that!

I liked the fact it was based in the Scottish highlands - this was very descriptive and enjoyable.

However, this was not a 5* listen - it just felt very predictable and felt their relationship did not come completely naturally. I saw a review saying it was a British Hating Game and it is completely true. Also, not a completely realistic expectation of the workplace (but is any romance book meant to be realistic?!) also Fliss just seemed very meh as a character, and for some reason not totally lovable!

I really liked Chloe's narration - I found her to be very expressive whilst soothing to listen to. She told the story very well.

Thank you to netgalley galley for allowing me to review this book.

I listened to this addictive book in one day, I have not enjoyed a romance in a long time! This book was brilliant.

Based on two co workers who didn't get on to then fall in love after a planned work trip from their boss.

This book was cute, and the camping trip was funny. I was smiling at their dysfunctional relationship. I desperately wanted more though and didn't want the book to end.

Will definitely be looking out for more titles from this author.

This is my first book from this author, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would definitely look for more of her books.
When James and Fliss are abandoned in the Scottish countryside during a 'team building' exercise, Fliss is furious. She hates James, who she argued with constantly at work. With just a tent and a few provisions, they have no choice but to work as a team to try and make their way back to civilization.
A fun read, with lots of ups and downs along the way.

THEY ONLY HAVE ONE TENT!!!! This is all you need to know to pick up this book or audiobook!

However, if you want to know more…

I LOVED the snappy banter between the main characters and the wittiness of it. The book is full of toe curling chemistry between Fliss and James who are workplace nemesis, and the twist of emotions and the growth the two need to go through to achieve their goals and achieve life itself.

Favourite Quote: “You are perfect! You deserve to come undone multiple times, every time! Promise me you’ll never settle for less?”

Spicy Level - 🌶️🌶️

I really enjoyed this book and kept wanted to keep on listening to the story. I laughed out loud in a good few parts and the narration was done really well. Looking forward to more from this author. Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this audio book

I really enjoyed this! The story was great and had me invested and the narrators really brought the charaters to life

THE ERA OF BRITISH ROMANCES HAS REVIVED MEEEE!!!
We swear in a way that Americans don’t and I’ve been craving that in my books.
This is the sweetest book, Fliss is a hard working, people pleasing, high functioning anxiety SWEETIE PIE. She works in marketing and James in sales is her arc nemesis.
The audiobook was fantastic!
So when they find themselves stranded in Scotland, they have to camp and learn how to survive.
I love a work place romance and for all the reasons why I love work trip! Wittty back and forth, tension, confusion and final acceptance.
I can’t wait to read what Chloe writes next x

Work Trip is everything I want from a rom-com: easy, lighthearted, fun. It’s got all the elements you’d expect from the workplace enemies / rivals to lovers trope, with the added bonus of forced proximity and one bed / tent. I read romance books for the escapism and relaxation they provide, so predictability is a good thing for me.
I had a feeling Grace Calder’s native accent was Scottish before Googling, as some inflections and pronunciations felt a little off for a completely natural London / Southern read, but it’s generally a decent read. I especially enjoyed the Scottish accents!
I would’ve liked a little more differentiation between the dialogue of the main characters, as it was sometimes hard to distinguish between dialogue and narration, but it got easier as the book progressed, since the cast of characters slightly reduced.

An unexpected turn of events on a work team-building trip forces mortal enemies to have to work together.

Work Trip by Chloe Ford is an enemies-to-lovers romance. Fliss, head of marketing at the Star Agency, is fiercely ambitious. She works long hours in the hope that she'll be the next in line for a much-coveted promotion. Unfortunately, there's competition for the promotion in the form of James Boatmen, head of sales. The animosity between the pair is never far from the surface, particularly when they are in meetings.

When the boss of the company decides to hold a team-building week in Scotland, Fliss hopes that she'll be able to impress him enough to give her the edge over Gloatman (the name she uses to refer to her nemesis) in the race for the promotion.

From the outset, things seem strange. No one else from the company turns up for the flight to Scotland. It's easy to feel Fliss's apprehension, wondering if she's missed an important message or got dates wrong. Events turn even more peculiar when she arrives at the designated hotel to find Gloatman had traveled with their boss on the company jet.

The team building exercise reaches peak preposterousness when the pair are dumped in the middle of the Scottish Highlands with a tent and minimal supplies, along with the instructions that they need to overcome their competitiveness and co-operate in order to proceed to the next step in their career.

Neither of the pair is prepared, or experienced, for what is to follow. After constant sniping at each other, they relent and realise that they will have to trust each other and work together if they are to get home. As you would anticipate, the pair slowly begin to get to know each other, realising that they have preconceived ideas. In particular, Fliss realises that Gloatman isn't as self-absorbed as she initially thought as he shows her a lot of support as they deal with disaster after disaster.

By the conclusion and the safe return to work, the big question is will the pair be able to remain professional, or has the work dynamic changed forever? The promotion of one of the pair is also a catalyst for a significant and unexpected development.

Huge thanks to RB Media and NetGalley for the ALC! The narration was well done, making this an even more enjoyable experience.

Trope Alert: Work rivals, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity—yes, please! 🙌

This book was a quick, cozy, and effortlessly enjoyable read. I flew through it in one sitting, completely caught up in the banter, tension, and undeniable chemistry between our two protagonists.

⭐ Rating: 3.5/5 Stars ⭐

What Worked for Me
💼 The setup was fantastic. A stranded together situation caused by their eccentric boss? Loved it! It made for the perfect storm of forced proximity, witty banter, and growing tension.

📖 The writing was smooth and easy to devour. The story unfolded at a great pace, making it the ideal weekend binge-read. Even though the final plot twist was fairly predictable (I saw it coming around the 50% mark), it didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment.

❤️ The romance was well-crafted. I really liked how the author played with the thin line between hate and love. The tension was there, and the transition from rivalry to romance felt natural and satisfying.

What I Wish Was Different

👀 James' POV! While I understand that including it earlier would have made the twist too obvious, I really wish we had at least an epilogue from his perspective—it would have added so much depth!


🔹 Final Thoughts
If you’re in the mood for a light, swoony, and fast-paced office romance, Work Trip is a great pick! It’s fun, flirty, and delivers exactly what you’d expect from the trope.

Super divertido y adictivo desde la primera página, me ha recordado muchísimo al estilo de Emily Henry.
La ambientación ha sido muy muy bonita y provocar a dos enemies vayan de acampada crea un ambiente buenísimo

Work Trip by Chloe Ford 📕

Felicity is forced to go on a work trip with her colleague James whom she despises, in order to team build. However once there, it turns out their boss has abandoned them with a bag each full of questionable items, one being they only have one tent. They soon learn they have to put their differences aside and work together in order to get through this but when the lines start blurring and their once hatred feelings start changing, can Fliss and James really stay just professional?

💫 ‘I lift my bag, unzipping it from the side and as I do six boxes of tampons fall into my lap. “What the hell?” “Geez, how many boxes do you need?”’

My review 📖:

Eeeek… I really enjoyed this audiobook! I giggled throughout and replayed so many parts!

The way Fliss and James’s characters are portrayed deliver a whirlwind of emotions. One minute i disliked James, the next I’m swooning over him! The angst between them is wonderful and believable. Just enough 🔥 and extremely well written.

The chapter where they open the backpacks they’ve been given was hilarious.

I also enjoyed how the book explored two sides to ‘overachieving’ employees and delved into the reasons behind it - Fliss and James’s upbringing and what they had to deal and how that has moulded them into the adults they are.

I enjoyed the narrator and I thought her voice suited the visual image I had of Fliss. She presented the characters well and was easy to listen to.

Would highly recommend listening to this audiobook and I will definitely be looking out for more work by Chloe.

Thank you Head of Zeus Audiobooks and NetGalley for access to this audiobook.

My rating 5 ⭐️

I wish I had gotten the ebook to review as I really didn’t gel with the audiobook narrators and it made me not like the characters. Objectively this was an enjoyable story with a fun bit of Scotland but the audio made the stars go down for me.

Thank you NetGalley for letting me listen and review

What a fabulous read! I listened to the audio and narrator Grace Calder did a fantastic job - she brought Fliss to life - just as I imagined her to sound, and created a credible James, along with some of the Scots accents. It's single point of view so we couldn't escape Fliss's inner dialogue - her insecurity was hard to hear but even so, Grace made her appealing to me.

First things first though, this an enemies to lovers workplace romcom between Fliss, who is Head of Marketing and James, Head of Sales at the same company. They've been working together and fighting for years. To make them learn to cooperate, their manipulative boss drops them in the Scottish highlands with a backpack each, one tent, some basic equipment, protein bars, 50 pounds and a note telling them to get back their hotel as soon as they can. They bicker and squabble as they learn to work together and find out more about each other. James has a tough backstory, more than Fliss, although she is suffering from the fallout from her parents' breakup. I suspect James has fancied Fliss for a while, but it's not stated and honestly, her insecurity gets tiresome, although that's the point - it can't be turned off when she gets sick of herself..

There is character growth for them both as they navigate the weather, terrain, hunger, injuries, and having no phone coverage. Over all, I wished for more comeuppance for their rotten boss, and I loved their happy for now - no instalove, but optimism that they would become a good team.

Thank you Chloe Ford, Head of Zeus Audiobooks and NetGalley for the ALC. Opinions are my own.

This audiobook is an absolute gem from start to finish. What begins as a charming romance quickly evolves into an unforgettable adventure, whisking the characters—along with the listener—off to the stunning landscapes of Scotland. The transition to camping in such a beautiful, rugged setting was unexpected and refreshing, adding layers of excitement and depth to the story.

The chemistry between the characters is undeniable, their connection felt real and genuine, with moments of humor, tenderness, and emotional depth. The narrator’s performance was spot-on, giving life to each character in a way that made them unforgettable.

This debut audiobook is a perfect blend of romance and adventure, with a fresh and engaging storyline that leaves a lasting impression. It’s a standout in the world of audiobooks and a must-listen for anyone looking for a heartfelt, captivating story.