Author: Hazelwood, Ali
Adult & contemporary romance
Published on 8 September 2026 by Little, Brown Book Group (Sphere) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 416 pages
196 x 128 x 29 | 284g
SOON TO BE A PRIME ORIGINAL FILM! Ali Hazelwood's swoony Sunday Times bestselling novel - now in a beautiful film tie-in edition featuring:- All-new foreword from Lili Reinhart- A cover with exclusive movie art- Adorable art printed inside the front and back covers- Both bonus chapters from Adam's perspectiveA fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction.
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 and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs.
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.