Not in Love

Ali Hazelwood

Book 1 of Not in Love

Not in Love follows Rue Siebert, a food-science engineer at a small biotech startup, whose promising date with venture capitalist Eli Killgore turns awkward when he shows up the next day leading a hostile takeover of her company. Determined to keep business and pleasure separate, the two strike a secret, no-strings affair with a built-in expiration date, but their chemistry and hidden personal histories make staying detached nearly impossible. Told from both Rue's and Eli's points of view, the book pairs boardroom rivalry with an unusually explicit, emotionally raw romance that reviewers note is a spicier departure from the author's earlier, lighter STEM rom-coms.