We've Got Love on the Brain With These Ali Hazelwood Romances

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith is focused on her education above all else. She's got no time for love, but her best friend Anh wants her to find someone already! So, Olive makes up a boyfriend, and when Anh demands proof, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. 

The recipient of her kiss is Adam Carlsen, a Stanford professor and total grouch who, unexpectedly, agrees to go along with her fake boyfriend charade. They're scientists, after all, and they know the benefits of a good experiment. But slowly, the fake love starts to feel dangerously close to the real thing.

By day, Elsie Hannaway is a theoretical physicist working as an adjunct professor and doing all that she can to obtain tenure. In her off-time, she pays her bills by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people pleasing skills to play whatever role her client desires. 

It's all going just fine until Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career. And now, he's on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job. Could he sabotage everything she's fought so hard for? Or are Jack's feelings more unpredictable than that?

Bee Königswasser is committed to her work in neuro-engineering. All she wants to do is climb up the career ladder and prove herself in a tough field. But how is she supposed to do that when she's paired up with the infuriating Levi Ward? They've been archenemies since grad school, but now they're forced to work together on a major project. 

Now, Levi might be Bee's only ally, as her equipment starts to go missing and the staff ignore her. Maybe he's not so bad after all, but can Bee put aside her prejudices in favor of love?

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. She may be a prodigy but the sport became an obsession that destroyed her family, so she's ready to retire and focus on her mom, sisters, and dead-end job that pays the bills. But she can't turn down one last charity tournament, and in the process, she inadvertently wipes the board with the notorious "Kingkiller" Nolan Sawyer, the current world champion and reigning bad boy of chess. 

It's a shock. How did Mallory beat the seemingly unbeatable Nolan? He's flabbergasted and wants a rematch. Mallory should walk away, but her win opens the door to big games and cash prizes her family desperately needs. As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory keeps crossing paths with Nolan and realizes that the real heat between them is off the board.

Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, meaning she is a target for attack amid the endless battle between Vampyres and Werewolves. She's lived in anonymity among humans for years, but now, she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the species. 

Alpha Were Lowe Moreland will do anything to keep the peace with his pack, even enter a political marriage with a vamp. He doesn't trust Misery, and she wants nothing to do with the Weres. But love has never played by the rules.

Serena Paris is orphaned and without a pack. Her unique status as the first Human-Were hybrid was supposed to heal a centuries-long rift between species, but it's only left her isolated and at risk of attacks from all sides of the supernatural war. 

Weres, Vampyres, and Humans alike want her dead. With her enemies closing in on her, she has only one option left: Koen Alexander, Alpha of the Northwest pack. He's a commanding figure who demands loyalty, and he'll do anything to keep Serena safe. It doesn’t matter if Serena doesn’t reciprocate his feelings. She is his mate and he will fight for her in the battle of power between Vampyres and Weres.

Rue Siebert has worked hard to have her content little life, one with a close-knit circle of friends, the financial stability she never had as a child, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, a rising tech start-up. But then Kline finds itself in the midst of a hostile takeover, headed by ruthless businessman Eli Killgore. 

Eli is used to getting what he wants in the world of money, but with love, things are different, and Rue is 100% off-limits. Still, the attraction is undeniable, and what's wrong with a little no-strings-attached passion until the deadline for the takeover?

Maya Killgore is dealing with the hubbub of her brother's wedding, a lavish destination event taking place in Taormina, Italy. If only it meant she could get away from Conor Harkness. He's a gorgeous and successful man 15 years her senior who's also her brother's best friend, so he's off limits. But now they're stuck together in paradise, sharing a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. It's the perfect place for a casual summer fling. Just don't let it become something more.