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NEW Quiz: Discover Your Favorite Book Boyfriend 2.0

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You’re Favorite Book Boyfriend is…

GEEKY ACADEMIC Book Boyfriend!

Intelligence and curiosity are your love languages. You’re captivated by a partner who is always eager to learn and share new things with you. Their passion for knowledge and depth of conversation makes your connection feel profound and meaningful.


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My Book Selections for YOU:

The Love Hypothesis book cover

The Love Hypothesis
by Ali Hazelwood

Adam Carlsen is a broody, socially awkward professor with a sharp intellect. His passion for academia and research makes him the perfect book boyfriend for anyone who loves a smart, nerdy hero. His interactions with Olive, full of humor and sincerity, add to his charm.

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.

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Dating-ish is the perfect romance book recomendation for a geeky academic hero.

Dating-ish
by Penny Reid

Matt is a scientist who studies artificial intelligence. His passion for his work and research makes him the perfect book boyfriend for those who get off on sexy, academic talk with someone who hides his soft side.

There are three things you need to know about Marie Harris:

1) She’s fed up with online dating,
2) She’s so fed up, she’s willing to forego the annoyance and consider more creative alternatives, and
3) She knows how to knit.

After the most bizarre first date in the history of dating, Marie is looking for an alternative to men. With the help of her friends, she quickly identifies a few possibilities: Need a cuddle? Use a professional cuddler. Need affirmation? Get yourself a life coach. Need an orgasm? Try orgasm meditation!

Why does she need the hassle of a romantic partner when she can meet all her needs with paid services? But then her irritating date resurfaces. And he’s not at all the person she thought he was. And he suggests a different—and crazier—solution to her dilemma…

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Hey! I’m Leslie

Thank you so much for taking my Book Boyfriend Quiz! I hope it was a lot of fun. My goal here at She Reads Romance Books is to help romance book readers find the best books worth reading and the best book boyfriends to love.

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