The Love Hypothesis (The Love Hypothesis #1)
Ali Hazelwood
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· 1603 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.
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- fake relationship 117
- contemporary 113
- college 89
- workplace/office 88
- slow burn 86
- grumpy & sunshine 80
- grumpy/cold hero 74
- funny 73
- age gap 69
- nerdy hero 66
- friends to lovers 58
- m-f romance 57
- height difference 54
- cheerful/happy heroine 52
- forced proximity 49
- poor heroine 49
- competent heroine 42
- teacher/coach hero 42
- new adult 40
- white collar heroine 40
- sweet/gentle heroine 36
- shy hero 34
- sweet/gentle hero 32
- independent heroine 30
- shy heroine 27
- demisexual heroine 23
- sassy heroine 20
- tall heroine 16
- hurt/comfort 13
- childfree 11
- enemies to lovers 8
- insta-love 5
- found family 5
- late 20s fmc 4
- in his 30s 4
- angst 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- demisexual hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- misogyny 33
- third party sexual assault 22
- slut shaming 22
- death / grief 21
- third party abuse 12
- past abuse 10
- past child neglect 7
- mental trauma 7
- abuse 6
- past child abuse 1
- geography
- usa 31
- california 28
- north america 19
- massachusetts 15
- Format
- audiobook
- third person pov 39
- standalone 3
- dual pov 1
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The 'The Love Hypothesis' series
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contemporary · audiobook · massachusetts · m-f · office · competent heroine · sassy heroine · new adult · height-difference · in-his-30s · standalone-first · death · usa · childfree-couple · nerdy-hero · forced proximity · humor · misogyny · independent heroine · sweet-hero
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