Love, Squirrels and Other Diversions
(2024)(The first book in the Big City Romance series)
A novel by Hazel Hatman
She studies the stars. He'd love to study her heavenly body.
A brilliant but socially awkward astrophysicist, Elle is fluent in black hole entropy but hopeless at small talk. She can calculate the lifespan of a star but not when she’s over-shared on municipal waste management. A Premier League player, Dan is fluent in ego, fame, and the offside rule. But all he wants is to dodge the adoring fans and tabloid dramas to pass as a normal guy.
Their meet-cute at an art gallery sparks instant chemistry—though Elle’s enthusiastic TED Talk on sewer systems is … unexpected. Still, Dan is hooked. She’s brainy, blunt, and accident-prone. He’s driven, grouchy and used to scoring, on-field and off.
While Dan chases her, Elle's genius brain keeps chasing squirrels. Between her ‘no sex on the first date’ rule (currently up for renegotiation), a poker game gone rogue, and a slight case of arson, their romance is careering around like a loose ball headed for an own goal.
Can a woman who thinks soccer is pointless handle falling for a man whose life revolves around the beautiful game? Will they find common ground or will gravity pull them apart? A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about finding love when you're too smart for everyone else’s good.
If you swooned over Ted Lasso and adored The Love Hypothesis, don't miss this sparking romantic read.
Genre: Romance
A brilliant but socially awkward astrophysicist, Elle is fluent in black hole entropy but hopeless at small talk. She can calculate the lifespan of a star but not when she’s over-shared on municipal waste management. A Premier League player, Dan is fluent in ego, fame, and the offside rule. But all he wants is to dodge the adoring fans and tabloid dramas to pass as a normal guy.
Their meet-cute at an art gallery sparks instant chemistry—though Elle’s enthusiastic TED Talk on sewer systems is … unexpected. Still, Dan is hooked. She’s brainy, blunt, and accident-prone. He’s driven, grouchy and used to scoring, on-field and off.
While Dan chases her, Elle's genius brain keeps chasing squirrels. Between her ‘no sex on the first date’ rule (currently up for renegotiation), a poker game gone rogue, and a slight case of arson, their romance is careering around like a loose ball headed for an own goal.
Can a woman who thinks soccer is pointless handle falling for a man whose life revolves around the beautiful game? Will they find common ground or will gravity pull them apart? A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about finding love when you're too smart for everyone else’s good.
If you swooned over Ted Lasso and adored The Love Hypothesis, don't miss this sparking romantic read.
Genre: Romance
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