Romance books with: smart / nerdy heroine

1. 

   Book Lovers

   Emily Henry

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   The cutthroat literary agent is not the heroine who gets the small-town hottie. Except this time she is.

   • Rivals to lovers
   • Workplace romance
   • Grumpy hero
2. 

   The Love Hypothesis

   Ali Hazelwood

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   A grad student fake-dates the scariest professor in the department. STEM rom-com that started a Hazelwood obsession.

   • Fake dating
   • Grumpy x sunshine
   • He falls first
3. 

   A Discovery of Witches

   Deborah Harkness · Book 1 in All Souls

   Spice 2/5 · Simmer

   A historian witch finds a cursed manuscript and attracts a very old, very possessive vampire scientist.

   • Forbidden love
   • Possessive MMC
   • Vampires
4. 

   Burn for Me

   Ilona Andrews · Book 1 in Hidden Legacy

   Spice 2/5 · Simmer

   A struggling P.I. is kidnapped by the most dangerous magical billionaire in Houston. Fantastic slow tension.

   • Morally grey MMC
   • Alpha hero
   • Smart / nerdy heroine
5. 

   Deep End

   Ali Hazelwood

   Spice 4/5 · Spicy

   A college diver and a swimmer agree to a no-strings arrangement with a dom/sub-lite twist. Spice starts around 30% and does not get old.

   • Friends with benefits
   • Athlete
   • Smart / nerdy heroine
6. 

   Love on the Brain

   Ali Hazelwood

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   A neuroscientist at NASA has to co-lead a project with her grad-school nemesis. He is suspiciously helpful.

   • Rivals to lovers
   • Workplace romance
   • He falls first
7. 

   Not in Love

   Ali Hazelwood

   Spice 4/5 · Spicy

   Hazelwood's spiciest yet: two rival biotech people agree to sex and nothing else. It does not stay nothing else.

   • Friends with benefits
   • Workplace romance
   • Grumpy hero
8. 

   The Kiss Quotient

   Helen Hoang · Book 1 of 3 in The Kiss Quotient

   Spice 4/5 · Spicy

   An autistic econometrician hires an escort to give her practice. Sweet, sexy and very kind.

   • Opposites attract
   • Cinnamon roll hero
   • Smart / nerdy heroine
9. 

   A Deal with the Elf King

   Elise Kova

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   A village herbalist is chosen as the elf king's bride. Cozy-ish standalone with a satisfying burn.

   • Marriage of convenience
   • Arranged marriage
   • Forced proximity
10. 

    Bringing Down the Duke

    Evie Dunmore · Book 1 in A League of Extraordinary Women

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A suffragist at Oxford and the duke she is trying to recruit to her cause. Smart and slow.

    • Opposites attract
    • Smart / nerdy heroine
    • Victorian
11. 

    Love, Theoretically

    Ali Hazelwood

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A theoretical physicist with a side gig as a fake girlfriend runs into the man who ruined her mentor.

    • Rivals to lovers
    • Fake dating
    • Workplace romance
12. 

    Secretly Yours

    Tessa Bailey · Book 1 of 2 in Vine Mess

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A grumpy professor and a sunny wine-country girl have a secret kiss neither can forget.

    • Grumpy x sunshine
    • Secret identity
    • Smart / nerdy heroine
13. 

    Sorcery of Thorns

    Margaret Rogerson

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    A library apprentice, a sorcerer with a sarcastic demon butler and a world of evil books. Closed door, open heart.

    • Found family
    • Grumpy hero
    • Demons / devils
14. 

    The Soulmate Equation

    Christina Lauren

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A DNA matchmaking app says her soulmate is the arrogant scientist who founded it. Data does not lie.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Fake dating
    • Single parent

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