The Love Hypothesis - printed edges - Ali Hazelwood

Theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway's double life ends up overwhelming the young woman. On one hand, she works hard as a university assistant, grading her students' lab work and teaching thermodynamics, hoping to pay her rent. On the other hand, Elsie compensates for the ridiculously small amount she earns by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, a role in which she uses her well-honed talent for being likable, providing clients with any of the multiple versions of her personality they desire.

Frankly, such an occupation has its charms – until Elsie's carefully constructed universe begins to crumble. This happens because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and surly brother of her favorite client, turns out to be, in fact, the heartless experimental physicist who destroyed her doctoral advisor's career and, at the same time, undermined the reputation of all theoretical physicists. Yes, the same Jack who is now part of the recruitment committee at MIT, preventing Elsie from getting her dream job.

Elsie is ready to engage in all-out war with Jack, sabotaging him with all the weapons the academic world provides, but how can she resist his long and piercing gazes? Will prolonged contact with the universe of an experimental physicist ultimately tempt Elsie to put into practice her most cautious theories about love?