Love, Theoretically

Theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway leads a double life, by day, she is an overworked adjunct professor struggling for tenure, and by night, she supplements her meager income by acting as a professional fake girlfriend. Using her expert people-pleasing skills, she transforms into whatever personality her clients desire, a system that works perfectly until her "Elsie-verse" collides with the arrogant and annoyingly attractive Jack Smith.

Jack isn't just the protective older brother of her favorite client; he is the cold-hearted experimentalist who ruined her mentor’s career and now stands as the final obstacle between Elsie and her dream job at MIT. Prepared for a high-stakes war of academic sabotage, Elsie is caught off guard by Jack’s penetrating gaze and the unsettling realization that, for the first time, she doesn't have to pretend to be anyone else.

As she is drawn into his orbit, she must decide if she is finally ready to stop theorizing about love and put it into experimental practice.