The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
I couldn’t put this down! I am not one that is generally into the fake lovers/dating trope but this may single-handedly change my mind about them.
Olive is a graduate student pursuing her PhD in scientific research and working on preventative screening for pancreatic cancer. Dr. Adam Carlson is an established professor and researcher at the university. After foolishly telling her closest friend, Anh, that she was going on a date and then caught by said friend at the lab instead. Panicking, Olive approaches the first guy she sees (Adam) and asked to kiss him before just launching in and laying on him. One thing leads to another with Anh and she fabricates a lie that she is dating Dr. Carlson. The two sit down and decide that a fake relationship is the perfect solution for each of their dilemmas. Predictably, it doesn’t take long for them to develop feelings for one another. Stubbornness keeps these two from b
I was drawn into this book initially equally due to the strangers to fake lovers to predictably real lovers trope and also the scientific research backdrop. My husband works in clinical research and I may be a little partial to hotties who are into scientific research.










