The Kiss Quotient
"A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases--a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. It doesn't help that Stella has Asperger's and French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her conclusion: she needs lots of practice--with a professional. Which is why she hires escort Michael Phan. The Vietnamese and Swedish stunner can't afford to turn down Stella's offer, and agrees to help her check off all the boxes on her lesson plan--from foreplay to more-than-missionary position... Before long, Stella not only learns to appreciate his kisses, but crave all of the other things he's making her feel. Their no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic.."--
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Stella Lane is a San Francisco econometrician on the autism spectrum whose mother wants grandchildren and whose dating record is a string of bad first kisses. She hires Michael Phan, a part-time escort who also sews suits, for a series of practice dates that turn into something else.
Helen Hoang's loose Kiss Quotient trilogy has three books: The Kiss Quotient, The Bride Test, and The Heart Principle. Each follows a different couple in connected families.
Yes. The Kiss Quotient contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. The protagonist Stella is autistic, and Helen Hoang drew on her own autism diagnosis.
Yes. The Kiss Quotient contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. The protagonist Stella is autistic, and Helen Hoang drew on her own autism diagnosis.
The Kiss Quotient was written by Helen Hoang, published in 2018 by Muza.
The Kiss Quotient is 336 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, The Kiss Quotient takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
The Kiss Quotient is a standalone novel by Helen Hoang, not part of a series.
The Kiss Quotient is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
