<b><b><b>The Instant <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller!<br /><br />As seen on THE VIEW!<br /><br />A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021<br /></b> <br />When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman&apos;s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.</b></b><br /><br />As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn&apos;t believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that&apos;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.<br /><br />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&apos;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&apos;s career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs.<br /><br />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.