This is Forced Proximity, a weekly romance novel recommendation newsletter! I’m not trapped in here with you, you’re trapped in here with me.

About me:

Bri Castellini is a queer independent filmmaker, romance author, and, regrettably, podcaster. She's known for the 2017 short film Ace and Anxious (writer/director, 158k+ views on YouTube) and for her podcasts Burn, Noticed and Breaking Out of Breaking In, covering the USA television show Burn Notice and practical filmmaking advice, respectively. She can lick her elbow (not clickbait).

Check out her romance debut, Rehabbing the Billionaire, an anticapitalist marriage of convenience novel set in the world of physical therapy.

Favorite romance tropes:

• Forced proximity (duh)

• Enemies to lovers // rivals to lovers

• Fake dating // fake engagement

• Sunshine/grump

• Adventure // road trip

• “We gotta get out of these wet clothes!”