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The True Love Experiment is the book fans have been waiting for ever since Fizzy’s debut in the New York Times bestselling The Soulmate Equation. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too.
What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass-unless he agrees to her list of demands. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. But when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. What happens when the optimism she’s spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie?Ĭonnor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work in large part because it allows him to live near his daughter. But that swoon-worthy, can’t-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s preached.įizzy hasn’t ever really been in love.
Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story and take both of their careers to the next leve l- but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script-from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners.
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