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Not in Love

An Indie Next and a Hall of Fame LibraryReads Pick!

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all's fair in love and science--from New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

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.

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400 pages

Average rating: 6.55

188 RATINGS

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8 REVIEWS

Community Reviews

Nursbers
Oct 20, 2024
9/10 stars
Loved this book. Easy, funny, sexy, kinda predictable but I just love Ali Hazelwood books. Did not disappoint.
joss94
Oct 03, 2024
7/10 stars
I Love Ali Hazelwood but this was just OKAY ( I rated 4 ⭐ is because is ALI. expecting next book to be much better)
Was I expecting more MAYBE. I just don’t like when the characters main plot is just LUST. The plot was not plotting for me after reading 50pages I juts knew I will never pick up this book again.
Eli was a sucker for Rue I don't think was LOVE it was just LUST
Tayls84
Aug 11, 2024
5/10 stars
Not my favorite from this author but still a strong, smart female character with good banter throughout. This felt a little dragged out but still enjoyed it.
Paulicarlos
Jul 31, 2024
6/10 stars
It is the first book I read by Ali Hazelwood and I heard the style is very different to her other books. I felt it had potential but it didn’t explore things in depth. There were a lot of topics all covered at surface level. It was an ok read for me. I will try one of her other books Did not like the epilogue
Andréa
Jul 27, 2024
1/10 star
This was my first book by Ali Hazelwood and also my first book for my online book club I just joined, and unfortunately I was not at all impressed. There was no depth to this book, it was almost all s$x and foul language. Every time there was a chance at getting a good story going and background on the characters, it turned into another very detailed s$x scene. I wish we had learned more about the characters, especially Rue and Eli, as I feel this could have been a truly beautiful story if the story had been told in a completely different way. I understand that the characters, Rue especially, had fear of connecting in ways other than a physical connection, that she felt she didn’t deserve it, that she wasn’t enough for a true love connection with anyone. And while I understand those feelings, it just didn’t provide a deep enough storyline for my personal liking. The ending was sweet, but it took too long and too many s$x scenes and lots of foul language to get there, and it all just felt too empty to me personally. I know this book has mixed reviews even by people who are huge fans of this author, so I will give this author another shot with one of her other books, but this one was a total bust for me. In all fairness, the author did write a note at the beginning of the book that her writing style in this book was different than her others and had a more erotic feel to it, so at least she warns her readers beforehand. But even after reading that message, I didn’t expect as much as what was in the book. Hands down probably my least favorite book I have ever read, or at least in a very long time. Just not my style at all. If you are the type of person that wants to read almost an entire book on only physical connection and you don’t mind a lot of foul language, by all means, pick up this book, it is for you. If not, I don’t at all recommend. If anyone has read her books and can recommend one of hers that has a different writing style, please let me know.

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