The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

I’m a gently loved paperback copy of The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. “When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. 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…” This is a list of content warnings & content notes for The Love Hypothesis (includes mild spoilers): * Death of one of the main characters’ parents in the past (due to cancer) * Workplace sexual harassment of the main character (NOT from Adam, the love interest) * Power differential (Olive is a student and Adam is a professor; they clear out their fake relationship with the Dean early in the story and no abuse of power occurs) * Explicit and graphic sexual content * Cursing and vulgar language *Book synapses & content warnings quoted directly from author’s page at AliHazelwood.com