This author has never been a fave of mine but not for any concrete reason. I read her first two books and really enjoyed them in the moment but then never felt drawn to continuing as she released more. Then I did want to read her newest one, which is book two after this one, so when I started it I realized I wanted to read this first after all. And I'm glad I did, because I think you can likely read them as standalones but I will appreciate having all this background info. Rue is a scientist and meets a man from a hookup app one night but circumstances lead them to not have sex. Then the next day her boss/friend surprises the entire company with the founders of the equity company that's bought out their loan, and Eli from last night is one of them. They go back and forth with him wanting her and expressing that, and her fighting it because she feels like it would be a betrayal of her friend, but eventually giving in. It's spicy but not super spicy, though they do talk about other stuff that doesn't occur on page. I think my fave part of this book is that Rue is so autistic coded, and that she finds her person she can feel comfortable unmasking around (I thought it was well portrayed based on what I know). It's been too long to say whether I liked this more or less than the others I read, but I have a feeling I'll like the next one more (TBD). One big issue with this book that kept it firmly in "I enjoyed this well enough" vs "I really liked this!", and that I will now pay attention to see if it happens in the next one: Rue's POV is in first person but Eli's is in third person, so it switches every time and I found that a little jarring all the way through.