Everything about the guy in the apartment next door drives Esther to distraction: his hipster beanie, his movie and food opinions, and the fact that he won't. Stop. Talking to her. As far as she's concerned, they've got nothing in common.

Until she realizes he's exactly the hipster hottie she needs . . . to distract her best friend from a bad-news ex. Lucky for Esther, Jonathan needs help with a sci-fi script, and she's exactly the rocket scientist to do it. So they strike a deal. He'll ask out her friend, and she'll work with him on his script. Perfect, right?

Dating theory 2: Enforced proximity can lead to trouble . . .

Only, the more time Esther spends with him, the more loathing turns into attraction - and attraction into something even deeper. Before she knows it, he's broken down her carefully constructed defences and thrown her well-ordered life into chaos.

Dating theory 3: Love is more complicated than rocket science . . .

A #forcedproximity, #oppositesattract STEM rom-com, and book two in the Chemistry Lessons series, originally published as Intermediate Thermodynamics. Each book in the series features a brand-new couple with their own HEA (Happily Ever After) and can be read in any order.