Neuroscientist Ali Hazelwood (The Love Hypothesis) deftly wields her insider knowledge to present a brilliant, quirky heroine and a compelling setting in her second full-length novel, Love on the Brain. When neuroscientist Bee Königswasser gleefully arrives in Houston to co-lead a cutting-edge NASA project, she's appalled to discover she's sharing leadership duties with her grad school nemesis, Levi Ward. What she thought was a career-making opportunity seems more like career implosion as she's stonewalled on team access and equipment. She's certain it must be Levi who's undermining her. He's hated her since college, although she's never known why.
Much to her shock and bewilderment, she discovers his behavior toward her in the past is not grounded in dislike. In fact, there was--and is--something very different going on. Levi has much to learn about Bee as well, and he's not at all surprised to discover she's even more intriguing than he expected. The two will have to work together to save their project from sabotage, but Bee has a bigger issue to resolve. Is she torpedoing her own chance at true happiness because of deep-seated abandonment and betrayal issues? Sometimes a coveted lab at NASA isn't all a girl needs to be truly happy and successful. What would Bee's idol, Marie Curie, do?
Witty dialogue, sympathetic characters, emotional depth and a solid plot make Love on the Brain an absolutely delightful read from the first page to the last. The enemies-to-lovers pairing of Bee and Levi and their tender, warm romance are the icing on a very delicious rom-com cake. --Lois Dyer, writer and reviewer