<p><b>A forbidden, secret affair proves that all''s fair in love and science </b><b>-</b><b> from <i>Sunday Times</i> and<i> New York Times</i> bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.</b><br><br> Rue Siebert might not have it <i>all</i>, but she has <i>enough</i>: 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.<br><br> 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.<br><br> Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and