The Rosie Project
MEET DON TILLMAN, a brilliant yet socially challenged professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. And so, in the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers.
Rosie Jarman is all these things. She also is strangely beguiling, fiery, and intelligent. And while Don quickly disqualifies her as a candidate for the Wife Project, as a DNA expert Don is particularly suited to help Rosie on her own quest: identifying her biological father. When an unlikely relationship develops as they collaborate on the Father Project, Don is forced to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love, it finds you.
Arrestingly endearing and entirely unconventional, Graeme Simsion’s distinctive debut will resonate with anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of great challenges. The Rosie Project is a rare find: a book that restores our optimism in the power of human connection.
- Spice
- 1/5
- Burn
- Slow
- Pages
- ~304
- Ending
- HEA
HEA means happily ever after: they end up together, for good.
How spicy is The Rosie Project?
The Rosie Project is a 1 out of 5 on our spice scale: sweet (kisses only). Kissing, longing looks, maybe a fade-to-black. Nothing on the page.
- Steam: Glimpses and kisses
- Burn: Slow burn
- Pairing: One man, one woman
- POV: Hero's POV only
- Ending: Happily ever after
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How spicy is The Rosie Project?
The Rosie Project is a 1 out of 5 on our spice scale: sweet (kisses only). Kissing, longing looks, maybe a fade-to-black. Nothing on the page.
Is The Rosie Project a standalone?
No. The Rosie Project is book 1 of 3 in Don Tillman. It is the place to start. The series is complete.
What tropes are in The Rosie Project?
The Rosie Project features neurodivergent mc, opposites attract. It is a slow burn M/F romance that ends with a happily ever after.
Does The Rosie Project have content warnings?
Our notes for The Rosie Project include: death of a loved one. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.
What should I read after The Rosie Project?
If you loved The Rosie Project, try The Do-Over by Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter, This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens. They share its neurodivergent mc and opposites attract energy at a similar spice level.