Not in Love

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars | 9,728 ratings

Price: 11.99

Last update: 09-03-2024


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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.

From the Publisher

You've already met: Adam & Olive,Lee & Bee, Jack & Elsie, and Lowe & Misery
Now meet Eli & Rue in NOT IN LOVE by Ali Hazelwood. Illustration of two people embracing.
All's fair in love & science in the new novel from Ali Hazelwood: NOT IN LOVE.
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Top reviews from the United States

Val Mills
5.0 out of 5 stars So in Love with this Book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2024
I love that I am never disappointed in an Ali Hazelwood book. She is predictably one of the best writers of romance with a guaranteed pinch of humor mixed with a generous amount of novelty in the plot. Her female characters are quirky, smart and unknowingly endearing, and Rue lives up to this in spades. Eli, the MMC, is all in, patient, honest and crazy in love her, despite, no because of, her awkwardness, insecurity, and all of her quirks. It makes the reader hopeful that there are real, amazing men out there that might love us through all of our own insecurities and idiosyncrasies.

There are, as advised by the author forward, a lot of very graphic sex scenes in this book, but, importantly, she did make them integral to the plot, which was a woman with a childhood history of emotional and physical insecurity, leading her to tamp down feelings, only allowing herself limited physical gratification, with no chance for emotion or romantic relationships. To me these scenes were not gratuitous and furthered the character development as time went on. Over all a very satisfying read!
grace
4.0 out of 5 stars such a good read!
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024
Sweet, funny, captivating… Ali hazelwood does it again! Such a good switch up including a neurodivergent character - she’s different but still so very lovable.
BookishMrsW
3.0 out of 5 stars Lack of connection
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2024
I’m not sure how I want to rate this. On one hand I appreciate that Ali Hazelwood dipped her toes into a bit more new adult instead of formulaic rom-com. On the other hand this was my least favorite of her books. My biggest problem with the book was the character building & relationship building. When NA authors write characters who are flawed from past trauma their characters behaviors, words, actions etc, usually seem to flow and connect back to that trauma and makes the reader feel something for the characters. These characters, Rue & Eli, their backstories and trauma didn’t connect to the majority of their characterizations. There seemed to be a lack of connection & depth between who the characters were and why, if that makes sense. And because of that I think it was hard for me to feel any connection to these characters or the story, and so where the “spicy” scenes were supposed to be a plot device to move the characters forward, they were just eh, there. I do love the cover of this and the writing itself was wonderfully classic Ali Hazelwood.
Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars In Love with Not in Love
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2024
When you read 5 books or more a week, you tend to find the same characters over and over, but Ali Hazelwood has created a unique duo in a corporate setting, but she takes it beyond the typical office romance. This is more than a romance, too. Hazelwood takes you into the mindsets of people who are damaged, but just trying to be better. The characters are smart, the prose is smart, the plot has some light mystery, and expects the reader to be smart enough to follow the science and financial shenanigans. However, it is fun to read, too. Hazelwood is good at writing quirky and cute scenes, and though the book deals with sad subjects and seems heavier than other books by her, there is plenty of dog drool and best friend banter to make it fun to read.

Oh...and sweaty times, too. Ali is burning up the pages in this one. She doesn't write a sex scene like a how-to manual. The reader is drawn in to the feelings of it; the desperation to connect is visceral. If you relate to a nerdy girl not looking for love, I highly recommend connecting with Not in Love.
KL
4.0 out of 5 stars Another winner from Ali Hazelwood
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2024
So, this was pretty different than her previous books and was darker, had more angst, and a lot more spice. I really liked it but I could see how this being so different from her previous books would not go over well with some people. It's missing her signature romcom touch and while I still really liked it and enjoyed it, I can see others not really caring for it. I didn't care for Rue's POV being in first person and then Eli's POV being in third person, as it made for a clunky book and I had to keep switching and it felt odd to me. Other than that, I thought this was really good. I really liked Rue and Eli, from how they met to how they traded terrible stories to how they connected via their rough upbringings and their meet cute (which was less cute, and more scary but interesting too). Rue was obviously much more closed off and detached and didn't want anything to do with anyone, while Eli was much more sunshine and sweet and fell for Rue hard and fast. I loved this juxtaposition about them, an opposites attract sort of situation. Add the layer of Eli's company taking over Rue's, and the villain twist, and it made for a wild ride with the rivals and forbidden aspect of it. I love Ali Hazelwood's writing style, and I was really happy to see that she turned up the spice in this one. This book discusses heavy themes like child neglect, food insecurity, trauma, grief, and more. Ali Hazelwood did a great job with these subjects, and this is definitely different than her other books where these heavier themes were not part of them. I don't know, but for me personally, Ali Hazelwood could write anything and I know I would love it. This was no exception!

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