The Love Hypothesis (The Love Hypothesis #1)
Ali Hazelwood
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· 743 ratings · 383 pages · Published: 14 Sep 2021
As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs.
Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.
Tagged as:
- fake relationship 71
- contemporary 69
- college 55
- funny 49
- slow burn 49
- workplace/office 47
- grumpy & sunshine 44
- grumpy/cold hero 42
- age gap 39
- friends to lovers 29
- new adult 28
- cheerful/happy heroine 28
- white collar heroine 28
- nerdy hero 28
- forced proximity 25
- poor heroine 23
- height difference 22
- m-f romance 22
- sweet/gentle heroine 20
- competent heroine 20
- shy hero 19
- shy heroine 16
- teacher/coach hero 16
- independent heroine 15
- sweet/gentle hero 15
- third person pov 15
- enemies to lovers 7
- tall heroine 6
- sassy heroine 5
- demisexual heroine 3
- hurt/comfort 2
- Add topics
- content warnings
- third party sexual assault 11
- misogyny 9
- slut shaming 6
- past abuse 5
- death / grief 4
- third party abuse 2
- abuse 1
- past child abuse 1
- geography
- usa 11
- california 9
- north america 5
- massachusetts 2
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The 'The Love Hypothesis' series
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