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Chicago Sapphics #1
Working With Cupid
With One Week To Go, Cupid's Arrows Are Flying Across The Windy City!
Anastasia Graves, CEO & matchmaker extraordinaire is no stranger to the winged cherub.
Rather she is Cupid.
Cupid the elite discreet dating service, that is. Ms. Graves offers the best of the best, and the best is love.
However, our sources say she won't be heart-seeking alone this year. Chicago's Cupid found herself a sweetheart personal assistant, Nicolette Richter.
As sweet as she is—she has to prove her place next to the Queen of Hearts. But all work and no play makes for one incredibly dull Valentine's Day exposé.
And we know firsthand that working with Cupid is anything but.
Anastasia Graves, CEO & matchmaker extraordinaire is no stranger to the winged cherub.
Rather she is Cupid.
Cupid the elite discreet dating service, that is. Ms. Graves offers the best of the best, and the best is love.
However, our sources say she won't be heart-seeking alone this year. Chicago's Cupid found herself a sweetheart personal assistant, Nicolette Richter.
As sweet as she is—she has to prove her place next to the Queen of Hearts. But all work and no play makes for one incredibly dull Valentine's Day exposé.
And we know firsthand that working with Cupid is anything but.
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Published February 14, 2025
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February 5, 2025
ARC reader. 4/5 stars.* Some Spoilers*
Did I stay up to finish book? Yes. Did I think that the characters fell hard too fast? Yes. Do I want to know where the series takes us? Yes. Was it spicy? Yes.
I liked the story as a whole, but thought that a week was too short of a time span for this story. Yes, I know that this is a work of fiction and there is love at first sight, but this was still too fast of a love story for me. I would have liked a little bit more filling out of the love story. This was more of a story of lust. Anastasia and Nicolette just fall into a relationship too fast. I also did not like the nick name that was given to Nicolette, Bunny. It gave me some ick every time it was used.
The interactions between Anastasia and Nicolette seemed to based more on the premise of a one night stand. Anastasia has some walls that needed to be broken, but one week does not seem to be enough time to break them down to the extent that is portrayed in this book. In one week, she goes from “I think that she is hot and want to sleep with her, to let’s get married.” Actually, it was more like a day maybe two!
The jealous ex-lover also was a little much. Do we really think that she should still be employed at the same company? It was explained as that she was still doing well in her role at the company, but was she really? I mean she was scaring away all the new assistants that Anastasia was trying to hire.
I enjoyed the premise of a Cupid that was making sure that all the ones around her were finding love even if she had walls up to prevent her from finding love, even if it was right in front of her. I liked the leads into what I think will be the next stories in the series. Everyone deserves to find love.
Did I stay up to finish book? Yes. Did I think that the characters fell hard too fast? Yes. Do I want to know where the series takes us? Yes. Was it spicy? Yes.
I liked the story as a whole, but thought that a week was too short of a time span for this story. Yes, I know that this is a work of fiction and there is love at first sight, but this was still too fast of a love story for me. I would have liked a little bit more filling out of the love story. This was more of a story of lust. Anastasia and Nicolette just fall into a relationship too fast. I also did not like the nick name that was given to Nicolette, Bunny. It gave me some ick every time it was used.
The interactions between Anastasia and Nicolette seemed to based more on the premise of a one night stand. Anastasia has some walls that needed to be broken, but one week does not seem to be enough time to break them down to the extent that is portrayed in this book. In one week, she goes from “I think that she is hot and want to sleep with her, to let’s get married.” Actually, it was more like a day maybe two!
The jealous ex-lover also was a little much. Do we really think that she should still be employed at the same company? It was explained as that she was still doing well in her role at the company, but was she really? I mean she was scaring away all the new assistants that Anastasia was trying to hire.
I enjoyed the premise of a Cupid that was making sure that all the ones around her were finding love even if she had walls up to prevent her from finding love, even if it was right in front of her. I liked the leads into what I think will be the next stories in the series. Everyone deserves to find love.
August 5, 2025
Anastasia Graves founded the dating service Cupid for the discerning and rich a few years previously, and she has been so hard working and successful the company has grown to make her very rich. She is very private about her life and sexuality, keeping everything from the media. After casually dating Britney, now the main receptionist in the company, she swore off romance because of the bad way that ended. When Anastasia is searching for a new personal assistant, the best applicant by far is Nicolette, and so she hires her for a trial period.
Nicolette is ecstatic to be hired by Cupid. This is her dream job, the one she has been working to achieve. She is going to try her very best to be indispensable to Ms Graves. For some reason Anastasia has had a large turn-over of personal assistants recently, which confuses Nicolette because of the warmth and friendliness which Anastasia radiates, while keeping things professional.
This is a lovely warm story, a bit naive and simplistic at times, but really worth reading for the attraction, emotion and love that blossoms. There are also really obvious set-ups for further books in this series, involving some of Nicolette’s four sisters. This whole story is a whirlwind of actions and emotions, a bit rushed in my opinion, but I really loved the ending of the story.
Nicolette is ecstatic to be hired by Cupid. This is her dream job, the one she has been working to achieve. She is going to try her very best to be indispensable to Ms Graves. For some reason Anastasia has had a large turn-over of personal assistants recently, which confuses Nicolette because of the warmth and friendliness which Anastasia radiates, while keeping things professional.
This is a lovely warm story, a bit naive and simplistic at times, but really worth reading for the attraction, emotion and love that blossoms. There are also really obvious set-ups for further books in this series, involving some of Nicolette’s four sisters. This whole story is a whirlwind of actions and emotions, a bit rushed in my opinion, but I really loved the ending of the story.
February 17, 2025
Working With Cupid by H.B. Cliff is a spicy office romance that had me hooked from start to finish! As a sapphic romance, it beautifully explores the blossoming relationship between two women in a professional setting. Nicolette lands her dream job working for Anastasia, and the chemistry between them is palpable from the beginning. The excitement of navigating forbidden feelings and the attraction to each other makes the spicy scenes truly unforgettable! I enjoyed this book so much and would highly recommend it!
March 3, 2025
A sweet & spicy sapphic novella that I ate up! Can’t wait for the next one 💚
August 30, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
H.B. pulls together a balance of sweet, sour, and spicy in the tasty, fast-paced novella that is Anastasia and Nicollette’s story.
This breezy read was a delicious palate cleanser, and I look forward to meeting the rest of the Chicago sapphics!
H.B. pulls together a balance of sweet, sour, and spicy in the tasty, fast-paced novella that is Anastasia and Nicollette’s story.
This breezy read was a delicious palate cleanser, and I look forward to meeting the rest of the Chicago sapphics!
August 9, 2025
This was so cute ! Now I’m on to book 2 in this interconnected series 🫡
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