“Not in Love”, Ali Hazelwood
Published June 11, 2024
A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science.
Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down.
Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him.
Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps.
“If her heart has to be broken, I’d rather it be me. That way I can help her pick up the pieces.”
Not in Love is Ali Hazelwood at her spiciest (not including her work as ever-so-ali). This book is hot and the kind of enemies-to-lovers that had me screaming into a pillow at 2 AM. From Rue and Eli’s very first meeting, it’s basically horny banter turned full-contact sport. The chemistry is off the charts. The tension is unbearable. The steam…well, let’s just say my paperback and I needed a cigarette after. I stand ten toes on my earliest statements on all social media platforms that Not in Love is the horniest Ali book in her arsenal, and that includes Whet, the kink book.
The best part, though, is how Ali always keeps her heroines sharp, messy, and real. Rue is a confident badass, knows what and who she wants, and is stubborn as hell. Eli is broody and whipped af in the best way, and together they’re a disaster cocktail I’d happily order again.
Content Warnings
Note: This is not an exhaustive list of content and trigger warnings.
sexual content • eating disorder • child abuse
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