And the possibilities have all her neurons firing. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas…devouring her with those eyes. Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school-archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project-a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia-Marie would accept without hesitation. Luckily, Hazelwood already has a sequel, Love on the Brain, coming out August 23rd this year.Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis-with explosive results. With a slow-burn romance and some of my favorite tropes - like fake dating - in the mix, it’s easy to fall in love with The Love Hypothesis. Surprisingly, Adam follows along, and now everyone at school thinks they’re dating… and he’s not saying otherwise. Soon after, Olive finds out that she kissed the grumpy hotshot professor, Adam Carlsen. The story follows Olive Smith, a third-year PhD candidate, who kisses the first man she sees in order to make her best friend, Anh, realize that Olive is okay for Anh to go after her ex-fling. If you’re looking for romance books like The Love Hypothesis, take a look at this list immediately.

Ali Hazelwood, you created a work of art, and we’re very thankful you blessed us with it. With endearing tropes and an interesting storyline, it wasn’t a surprise when it became an instant New York Times Best Seller! Even videos featuring it on TikTok have amassed over 202.1 million views and growing by the minute.

It’s not an overreaction to say that this title hit it big and continues to do so even eight months after publication. Last year brought us The Love Hypothesis.

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