Love Theoretically: From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood
Jun 2023 · Hachette UK
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Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis - with an all-new cover, a note from Ali and never-before-seen bonus content!
The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.
Honestly, it's a pretty sweet gig - until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favourite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor's career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he's the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.
Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but... those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she's with him? Will falling into an experimentalist's orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?
The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs.
Honestly, it's a pretty sweet gig - until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favourite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor's career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And he's the same Jack Smith who rules over the physics department at MIT, standing right between Elsie and her dream job.
Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but... those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she's with him? Will falling into an experimentalist's orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?
*This is a reissued edition of the original Love, Theoretically with an updated cover and containing a new note from Ali herself, plus never-before-seen bonus content*
*Ali Hazelwood's Mate was a Sunday Times bestseller w/e 11 and 18 October 2025.
Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis - with an all-new cover, a note from Ali and never-before-seen bonus content!
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71 reviews
Alison Robinson
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June 15, 2023
I'm afraid this has all the Ali Hazlewood clichés, Elsie's a tiny girl, Jack is huge (she thinks he's some kind of lumberjack when she first sees him, but then thinks he's a PE teacher), Elsie likes to reference nerdy science stuff, she can't believe that Jack likes her, even when he explicitly states it, etc. But I don't care. This really worked for me, I loved the snark and the weird flatmate, the nerdy science talk and Jack was such a sweetie. I received an ARC in return for a honest review
mcreate me
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November 26, 2025
The book was beautiful. I loved the way that Jack was patient with her and. How the MC to her time to discover herself and developed. It was her story and he was there to help her see what she couldn't but what was already there. And I am glad that the author reduced the amount of the word 'temple' in this book
Maggie Mutkovicova
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January 2, 2024
I inhaled this over the span of two evening/mornings. what a lovely story with just enough science to be different to anything else I've ever read!
About the author
Ali Hazelwood is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of multiple romance novels, as well as a writer 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 US to pursue a PhD in neuroscience. When Ali is not at work, she can be found crocheting, eating cake pops, or watching sci-fi movies with her three feline overlords (and her slightly-less-feline husband).
Ali Hazelwood is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of multiple romance novels, as well as a writer 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 mov...
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