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The Likability Equation: A Fake Dating Hockey Romance
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ISBN13: 9798253852064
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 27 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 27 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Harper Quinn has a mathematical formula for everything. Asher Hayes is the anomaly that destroys them all.
Harper is a borderline-clinical genius who operates purely on logic. She is exactly one step away from securing a prestigious pre-med fellowship at Yale, until the scout committee delivers a devastating blow: her psychological profile is unapproachable, and she is entirely devoid of empathy. If she wants the grant, she has exactly three weeks to prove she is a normal, socially integrated teenager.
Harper is a borderline-clinical genius who operates purely on logic. She is exactly one step away from securing a prestigious pre-med fellowship at Yale, until the scout committee delivers a devastating blow: her psychological profile is unapproachable, and she is entirely devoid of empathy. If she wants the grant, she has exactly three weeks to prove she is a normal, socially integrated teenager.
Enter Asher Hayes.
Asher is the relentlessly sunny, universally adored captain of the ice hockey team. He's also failing AP Chemistry and one bad grade away from losing his D1 scout opportunities. But behind his golden-boy mask, Asher is drowning under the suffocating pressure of his deceased older brother's legacy.
Harper offers him a sterile, mathematically sound proposition: she will tutor him to an eighty-five percent, and in exchange, he will fake-date her. Hand-holding quotas are established. Acceptable public terms of endearment are regulated. It is a flawless, transactional experiment.
But Asher refuses to play by her rigid rules. He learns her excruciatingly specific tea order. He shields her from the chaotic noise of the cafeteria. He looks at the terrifying Ice Queen and sees a girl who just needs to feel safe. And suddenly, Harper's resting heart rate is spiking, and her airtight logic is completely failing.
Asher is falling first, and he is falling hard. But when a jealous rival uncovers their heavily annotated fake-dating contract, it threatens to burn both of their futures to the ground. Harper has to make a choice: retreat behind her walls and save her career, or sacrifice her quiet dignity for the boy who taught her how to feel.
The Likability Equation is a swoony, high-angst YA/New Adult romance that proves the greatest risks in life are the ones you never calculate.
Fans of this book will love:
Asher is the relentlessly sunny, universally adored captain of the ice hockey team. He's also failing AP Chemistry and one bad grade away from losing his D1 scout opportunities. But behind his golden-boy mask, Asher is drowning under the suffocating pressure of his deceased older brother's legacy.
Harper offers him a sterile, mathematically sound proposition: she will tutor him to an eighty-five percent, and in exchange, he will fake-date her. Hand-holding quotas are established. Acceptable public terms of endearment are regulated. It is a flawless, transactional experiment.
But Asher refuses to play by her rigid rules. He learns her excruciatingly specific tea order. He shields her from the chaotic noise of the cafeteria. He looks at the terrifying Ice Queen and sees a girl who just needs to feel safe. And suddenly, Harper's resting heart rate is spiking, and her airtight logic is completely failing.
Asher is falling first, and he is falling hard. But when a jealous rival uncovers their heavily annotated fake-dating contract, it threatens to burn both of their futures to the ground. Harper has to make a choice: retreat behind her walls and save her career, or sacrifice her quiet dignity for the boy who taught her how to feel.
The Likability Equation is a swoony, high-angst YA/New Adult romance that proves the greatest risks in life are the ones you never calculate.
Fans of this book will love:
- Grumpy x Sunshine (She's the grumpy one!)
- Fake Dating Contract
- Ice Queen & Golden Retriever Jock
- He Falls First & Falls Hard
- Agonizing Slow-Burn Tension
- Dual POV
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