Love on the Brain
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results. Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. And sure, he caught her in his powerfully corded arms like a romance novel hero when she accidentally damseled in distress on her first day in the lab. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school—archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away. Now, her equipment is missing, the staff is ignoring her, and Bee finds her floundering career in somewhat of a pickle. Perhaps it’s her occipital cortex playing tricks on her, but Bee could swear she can see Levi softening into an ally, backi
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Brilliant neuroscientist Bee Konigswasser lands her dream NASA project, only to find that her co-lead is Levi Ward, the man she has assumed hated her since grad school. He keeps doing things that do not match her theory.
Yes. Love on the Brain contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Ali Hazelwood is known for STEM-heroine romances with science settings.
Yes. Love on the Brain contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale. Ali Hazelwood is known for STEM-heroine romances with science settings.
No. Love on the Brain is a standalone in Ali Hazelwood's loose universe of STEM-set romances. It can be read on its own without reading The Love Hypothesis first.
Love on the Brain was written by Ali Hazelwood, published in 2022 by Penguin Publishing Group.
Love on the Brain is 442 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Love on the Brain takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
Love on the Brain is a standalone novel by Ali Hazelwood, not part of a series.
Love on the Brain is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.