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The Love Hypothesis has wild commercial appeal, but the quieter secret is that there is a specific audience, made up of all of the Olivesin the world, who have deeply, ardently waited for this exact book.”  \n—New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren  \n“Funny, sexy, and smart. Ali Hazelwood did a terrific job with The Love Hypothesis.”  \n—New York Times bestselling author Mariana Zapata  \n“This tackles one of my favorite tropes—Grumpy meets Sunshine—in a fun and utterly endearing way. . . . I loved the nods toward fandom and romance novels, and I couldn’t put it down. Highly recommended!”  \n—New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare  \n“A beautifully written romantic comedy with a heroine you will instantly fall in love with, The Love Hypothesis is destined to earn a place on your keeper shelf.”  \n—Elizabeth Everett, author of A Lady’s Formula for Love  \nA JOVE BOOK  \nPublished by Berkley An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC  \n[penguinrandomhouse.com](penguinrandomhouse.com)  \nCopyright © 2021 by Ali Hazelwood  \nExcerpt from Love on the Brain copyright © 2021 by Ali Hazelwood Penguin Random House supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin Random House to continue to  \npublish books for every reader.  \nA JOVE BOOK, BERKLEY, and the BERKLEY & B colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin  \nRandom House LLC.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames: Hazelwood, Ali, author.  \nTitle: The love hypothesis / Ali Hazelwood.  \nDescription: First edition. | New York: Jove, 2021.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2020057346 (print) | LCCN 2020057347 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593336823 (trade  \npaperback) | ISBN 9780593336830 (ebook)  \nSubjects: GSAFD: Love stories.  \nClassification: LCC PS3608.A98845 L68 2021 (print) | LCC PS3608.A98845 (ebook) | DDC 813/ .6—dc23  \nLC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057346](https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057346)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057346)LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057347](https://lccn.loc.gov/2020057347)  \nFirst Edition: September 2021  \nCover illustration by lilithsaur  \nBook design by Tiffany Estreicher, adapted for ebook by Estelle Malmed  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \npid_prh_5.8.0_c0_r0  \nTo my women in STEM: Kate, Caitie, Hatun, and Mar. Per aspera ad  \naspera.  \nContents  \nCover  \nPraise for The Love Hypothesis Title Page  \nCopyright Dedication Epigraph  \nPrologue Chapter One  \nChapter Two  \nChapter Three  \nChapter Four  \nChapter Five  \nChapter Six  \nChapter Seven  \nChapter Eight  \nChapter Nine  \nChapter Ten  \nChapter Eleven  \nChapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen  \nChapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen  \nChapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen  \nChapter Eighteen  \nChapter Nineteen  \nChapter Twenty  \nChapter Twenty-One  \nChapter Twenty-Two  \nEpilogue  \nAuthor’s Note  \nAcknowledgments  \nExcerpt from LOVE ON THE BRAIN About the Author  \nhy · poth·e ·sis ( noun)  \nA supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence, as a starting point for further investigation.  \nExample: “Based on the available information and the data hitherto collected, my hypothesis is that the farther away I stay from love, the better off I will be.”  \nPrologue  \nFrankly, Olive was a bit on the fence about this whole grad school thing.  \nNot because she didn’t like science. 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