The Love Hypothesis

　　眾所皆知契約戀愛最終都會去掉契約，只剩戀愛。
　　不過身為科學家，不承認沒有驗證的假說。這對冤家親自實驗給你看！
 
　　身為一個史丹佛大學的菁英碩班學生，Olive全神貫注在她胰臟癌的研究裡，對那些愛情的天崩地裂、海枯石爛，一點興趣也沒有，跟閨蜜Anh完全是兩個極端。可偏偏就是這樣浪漫至上的Anh，煞到了Olive曾經短暫，對，非常短暫交往過的前男友Jeremy。明確執行「閨蜜條約」的Anh，為了姐妹情誼，憋死也不願意對Jeremy出手。好吧，為了減輕好姐妹的愧疚感，也為了證明這個前男友真的已經「前」到不行，身為科學家，當然要提出有力的證據，於是Olive一個衝動，對著恰巧站在身旁的Adam就吻了下去。
 
　　Adam是誰？就是那個背負了眾多學生淚水，手撕眾多學分，讓所有學生都痛恨的年輕教授。兩人的驚天一吻，整個學院傳得沸沸揚揚，意外的是Adam竟然在這個緋聞中也獲得了好處。身為利益共同體的兩人，決定進行一場假戀愛，制定規則，並且約好在九月底結束關係。然而當Olive遇到危難時，讓她驚訝的不僅僅是Adam義無反顧伸出的援助之手，還有他結實的六塊腹肌⋯⋯一場老派愛情故事就此展開。

(文／博客來外文館)

　　When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.

　　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.

　　When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman’s carefully calculated theories on love into chaos.
 
　　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.

Ali Hazelwood is a multi-published author--alas, of peer-reviewed articles about brain science, in which no one makes out and the ever after is not always happy. Originally from Italy, she lived in Germany and Japan before moving to the U.S. to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience. She recently became a professor, which absolutely terrifies her. When Ali is not at work, she can be found running, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her two feline overlords (and her slightly-less-feline husband).