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The Soulmate Equation

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Overview

The Soulmate Equation (2021) is a romance novel by Christina Lauren—the shared pen name of best friends-partners Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. Following an unlikely romance fueled by science, the book was an instant New York Times bestseller, and was chosen as a best pick by platforms such as BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, Goodreads, Marie Claire, and Woman’s World. The novel is one of 27 books that Lauren has published—other popular works including Love and Other Words (2018), The Unhoneymooners (2019), and In a Holidaze (2020).

Plot Summary

The Soulmate Equation tells the story of the blossoming relationship between protagonist Jessica Davis (Jess) and geneticist Dr. River Peña. Jess is a single mother in her late twenties who struggles to balance parenthood and her career as a freelance statistician. While Jess is comfortable raising her daughter, Juno, with the help of her grandparents, Pops and Nana Jo, she is unsatisfied with her love life. She has fallen into a rut, spending most of her time with Juno and her grandparents or at Twiggs, the neighborhood coffee shop. She and her best friend, romance writer Felicity Chen (Fizzy), spend their days doing work at Twiggs and scoping out regular patron River—who they initially know as “Americano.

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