It's Just Business - by Zainab Alhalwachi (Paperback)

About the Book

For fans of Ali Hazelwood's STEMinist romances, in which a molecular biology PhD student has only one month to convince a VC from Dubai to fund her research institute but realizes their relationship may be more than just business

Book Synopsis

For fans of Ali Hazelwood's STEMinist romances...a molecular biology PhD student has only one month to convince a VC from Dubai to fund her research institute but realizes their relationship may be more than just business...

Leaving the chilly labs of Massachusetts, molecular biologist Noor Saeed is heading home. She'll be in Dubai for Ramadan and to meet HighRise, a business incubator open to building Noor's state-of-the-art research facility.

Noor needs to do just one thing: convince one of HighRise's partners, Khalid-a ridiculously handsome and whip-smart venture capitalist-that her lab will be able to pay back what it costs to build.

When she's given only a few days to make her case, Noor enlists her friends to trick Khalid into buying herself more time. But with meddling cousins and Khalid's kindness messing up her plans, Noor's Ramadan nights are slipping by fast...and maybe so is her heart.

Review Quotes

"A swoony and breezy romance sprinkled with family, food, fun, and, of course, lots of business! Set in Dubai in the month of Ramadan, It's Just Business by Zainab Alhalwachi shows how romance can be swoon-worthy, yet halal, and how one's extended family and friends are an equally important part of life."

-Arva Bhavnagarwala, Amazon India Bestseller

About the Author

Zainab Alhalwachi is a Bahraini genetics scientist born and raised in Dubai, UAE. Her obsession with reading rom-coms led her to write them. When she's not writing Arab romance stories, she's immersed in scientific research, flying to new destinations, or unwinding at home with her two demanding cats.