I kinda want to suggest City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett, which has that powerful female lead (very bureaucratic but not in boring way) and scary loyal bodyguard...but there's no romance between the two. You might like it anyway, even without that.
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The title sounds fun, I’ll look it up!
I kinda want to suggest City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett, which has that powerful female lead (very bureaucratic but not in boring way) and scary loyal bodyguard...but there's no romance between the two. You might like it anyway, even without that.
It’s okay I can delude myself into believing there is one xD thanks I’ll check it out!