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Synopsis
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.
Thoughts
If you’re looking for a spicy summer read, Ali Hazelwood has answered the call with this book. This forbidden love / enemies to lovers romance is quite the steamy affair. Rue and Eli have personalities which can feel a bit over-the-top, and I can’t say that I always liked Eli, but this was a fun read. Ali Hazelwood has really become an auto-buy author for me!
❥ Listening to this via audio was an enjoyable experience. Narrators Callie Dalton and Jason Clarke did such an amazing job!