Elsie Hannaway is an adjunct professor who supplements her meager income by offering her services as a professional fake girlfriend. Her double life proceeds smoothly until she meets Jack Smith, the cold-hearted experimental physicist who happens to be the brother of her favorite client—and the man who once blackballed her mentor. As Elsie competes for a dream job at MIT, she must navigate a professional rivalry and an unexpected attraction to the one man who could expose her secrets.

The Ali Hazelwood Mini Box features a copy of Love, Theoretically accompanied by a STEMinist Dust Jacket Set with artwork by Po, a Perfect Pairings Bookmark Set with artwork by Coco, and a Formula of Love Pin Set designed by Chloe Hughes.