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.
Release Date: Jun 11, 2024
Series: Love on Cue
Book: 2
Heat Level: Hot
Publisher: Penguin Group
Imprint: Berkley
Price: $11.99
Rue loves her job as a biotech engineer at a promising start-up company. She has a very supportive group of friends, and she is finally financially stable. In her eyes, things are heading in the right direction until her company announces it is facing a hostile takeover. Rue is a bit distraught, especially since the lead for the job is handsome, which makes it very hard to resist.
Eli is ready to take over the company but must get past his feelings for Rue. She is technically the enemy, off limits, but somehow, he can’t fight his initial attraction to her. They manage to agree to secretly give into their desires, but only until a final decision about the company is made.
I have a love/hate relationship with Ms. Hazelwood’s books. Most of the time, I enjoy them, and then there are other times when I don’t. The one thing I can say is that she knows how to really delve into the STEM world. Seeing all the women in that field and gathering research for it is truly amazing.
Rue and Eli have a lot of passion that spills out on the pages. However, outside of the bedroom and the smoldering conversations, I didn’t get the love part. Rue is very guarded in her career. She never really opens up to him, and Eli seems to only focus on the physical aspect of the relationship. I think they had the promise of being a super couple, but the romantic development is lacking.
Overall, I enjoyed the story and recommend it for fans of STEM romances.
~ Samantha
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