She swore off men – and fell in love. An ultra-smart chemical engineer meets an ultra-hot barista in The Boyfriend Hypothesis, an opposites-attract rom-com from Susannah Nix.
After a string of lousy boyfriends, chemical engineer Penny Popplestone is developing a theory: boys are nothing but trouble! So she swears off men until she can figure out why they keep cheating on her. But her no-men resolution hits a snag when the mysterious and superhumanly hot barista at her favourite coffee shop strikes up a friendship with her.
Penny strives to keep things platonic, but when Caleb gives her the kiss of her life, she realizes he wants to be more than just friends. Tired of always being "good little Penny," she throws caution to the wind and pursues a no-strings fling with the hottie barista. It's not like they have anything in common beyond scorching physical chemistry, so what does she have to lose?
Her heart, it turns out. Now, this fanfic-reading, plus-size heroine faces an unsolvable problem. What do you do when being apart is unbearable...but being together is impossible?
An #OppositesAttract STEM rom-com, and book three in the Chemistry Lessons Series, originally published as Advanced Physical Chemistry. Each book in the series features a brand new couple with their own HEA and can be read in any order.
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Release date
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781035025985
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781035025985
- File size: 946 KB
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- English
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January 20, 2020
Nix (Rising Star) offers a sweet and often hilarious tale of a heartbroken heroine who makes an impressive rebound. Plus-sized scientist and fan fiction enthusiast Penny Popplestone is at a knitting group meeting in a café when her boyfriend, Kenneth, saunters in with another woman. It’s bad enough that she’s being cheated on, but she’s also mortified that the hottest barista in the shop is witnessing it. Turns out Hottie Barista, aka Caleb Mayhew, a soon-to-be medical student, has had his eye on Penny for a while. Knowing Caleb will soon leave town for school, Penny, who has dealt with a long string of terrible boyfriends, sets out to have her first no-strings-attached affair. Nix’s pacing is pitch-perfect, and a cast of endearing secondary characters, particularly Penny’s supportive friend Olivia, add depth and appeal. Penny is a refreshing heroine with a messy personal life, but an inspiring career. Readers will eagerly devour Nix’s smart and sexy story.
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