BOOK REVIEW- SHE HATES ME NOT : A Richer in Love Romance by F.E. Greene

A fun and flirty romance with a hint of suspense from the author of the Love Across Londons series. Clean. Sweet. A perfect beach read!

He's Britain's "uncatchable" bachelor. She's trying not to get caught.

Lou Aucoin has carved out a simple life for herself in the charming English town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Although it's an ocean away from her childhood home in the bayous of Louisiana, Stratford offers something which St. Charles Parish doesn't: safety from a threat that Lou never helped to create.
t love for Lou. Can Lou make room in her life for a man she's supposed to hate, especially when his every move may end up on tomorrow's front page?

Set against the delightful backdrop of Stratford-upon-Avon, She Hates Me Not blends heartwarming romance with mild suspense as Lou and Kip confront their troubled pasts in the hopes of loving again. It is the seventh novel by F. E. Greene and first in the Richer in Love romance series which can be read in any order.   AMAZON .   3.5 STARS

This was a charming, sweet story.  The unusual title really did catch my attention.  But so did the description of the book's plot.  
Lou was quite the blend of fresh air, bayou style.  As you can guess Lou is not her full real name.  Her real name is definitely a surprise and understandable when it comes to how her nickname came about.  She also has several reasons to be on the run as well as needing to help her sick sister.  She is one sweet girl from Louisiana and brings some of the language, humor and food from that culture.  That part of the world building was well done I thought.  
Kip is really intrigued by Lou, having never met anyone like her before.  And he wants to know her more and more.  Too bad his manipulative powerhouse rich mother made a "one and done" deal with Lou.  One evening spent with Kip and then she could never contact him again.  Ever.  Too bad that Kip never got that memo and he chases after her.
So begins a lot of the story.  Lou is trying to hold up her end of the deal but Kip refuses to cooperate.  It leads for quite the merry chase.  I will say that although Kip loves his mother, he refuses to be controlled by her.  And it did seem like she might have had some redeeming qualities hidden in all of her order giving mannerisms.  
Lou has formed some friendships along the way and two of those friends have kind of adopted her as her substitute mothers.  Beryl is one and Moggie was the other woman and they both added color and fire.
Both of them thought that maybe Lou was over reacting when it came to a danger following Lou and her sister.  They loved her but thought just maybe she had lived with fear for too long.   
There is an element of action and danger that enters into the story towards the end.   Along with a H.E.A. and quick look into the story of Kip's brother Ben. Ben was in this book but gets his own story in
Book 2.  
Can I just say that I liked the bright, sunny cover on the eBook? 

I received a copy of this book and these are my honest opinions of it.