The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.
Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he’s the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.
Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?
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Romantic comedies centered on women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics gained widespread popularity through the breakout publication of The Love Hypothesis. Author Ali Hazelwood became a #1 New York Times bestselling writer by weaving genuine academic realities and peer-reviewed research settings into contemporary romance narratives.
Beyond contemporary academic romances, Hazelwood has expanded her bibliography into young adult fiction and paranormal romance, while also having published peer-reviewed scientific articles on brain science.
Originally from Italy, Hazelwood lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the United States to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Alongside her academic training, she conducted research and authored peer-reviewed papers on brain science where, as she noted, no one makes out and happy endings are not guaranteed. She served as a university professor for about three years before quitting in 2022 to write fiction full-time.
Hazelwood published her debut novel, The Love Hypothesis, in September 2021. It became a New York Times bestseller and entered development for a feature film adaptation. Outside of writing, her interests include running, crocheting, eating candy and cake pops, browsing AO3, and spending time with her husband and three cats.
Hazelwood's work frequently highlights women working in male-dominated STEM fields and higher education. Her narratives combine realistic academic competition and career stress with romantic comedy tropes such as fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, and workplace rivalries.
Her bibliography spans multiple subgenres, including contemporary adult romance, young adult literature, and supernatural fiction. Her characterization emphasizes witty banter, intellectual passion, emotional vulnerability, and high-stakes personal dilemmas.
