The Love Hypothesis (The Love Hypothesis #1)
Ali Hazelwood
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· 696 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 65
- contemporary 63
- college 50
- slow burn 46
- funny 45
- workplace/office 43
- grumpy & sunshine 39
- grumpy/cold hero 38
- age gap 37
- friends to lovers 28
- new adult 27
- white collar heroine 26
- cheerful/happy heroine 25
- nerdy hero 25
- forced proximity 23
- poor heroine 21
- height difference 20
- sweet/gentle heroine 18
- competent heroine 18
- shy hero 18
- m-f romance 17
- shy heroine 15
- sweet/gentle hero 14
- independent heroine 13
- teacher/coach hero 13
- third person pov 12
- enemies to lovers 10
- tall heroine 5
- sassy heroine 5
- virgin heroine 1
- demisexual heroine 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- third party sexual assault 9
- misogyny 6
- past abuse 4
- slut shaming 4
- third party abuse 2
- abuse 1
- past child abuse 1
- death / grief 1
- geography
- usa 8
- california 7
- north america 3
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The 'The Love Hypothesis' series
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