Love on the Brain

A Novel

Love on the Brain

Ali Hazelwood

Love on the Brain

Ali Hazelwood

romance
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results. Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true - Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school - archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away. But when her equipment starts to go missing and the staff ignore her, Bee could swear she sees Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas... devouring her with those eyes. The possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually make a move and put her heart on the line, there's only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?

Chapters

01 Chapter 1: The Habenula: Disappointment
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02 Chapter 2: Vagus Nerve: Blackout
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03 Chapter 3: Angular Gyrus: Pay Attention
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04 Chapter 4: Parahippocampal Gyrus: Suspicion
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05 Chapter 5: Amygdala: Anger
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06 Chapter 6: Heschl’s Gyrus: Hear, Hear
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07 Chapter 7: Orbitofrontal Cortex: Hope
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08 Chapter 8: Precentral Gyrus: Movement
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09 Chapter 9: Medial Frontal Cortex: Maybe I Was Wrong?
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10 Chapter 10: Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: Untruths
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11 Chapter 11: Nucleus Accumbens: Gambling
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12 Chapter 12: Ventral Striatum: Yearning
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13 Chapter 13: Superior Colliculi: Will You Look at That?
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14 Chapter 14: Periaqueductal Gray & The Hippocampus: Painful Memories
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15 Chapter 15: Fusiform Area: Familiar Faces
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16 Chapter 16: Subthalamic Nucleus: Interruptions
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17 Chapter 17: Pulvinar: Reaching & Grasping
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18 Chapter 18: Raphe Nuclei: Happiness
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19 Chapter 19: Basolateral Amygdala: Arachnophobia
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20 Chapter 20: Ventral Tegmental Area: Romantic Love
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21 Chapter 21: Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus: Superstition
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22 Chapter 22: Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Oh, Shit
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23 Chapter 23: Amygdala, Again: Fear
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24 Chapter 24: Right Temporal Lobe: Aha!
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25 Chapter 25: Oriens-Lacunosum Moleculare Interneurons: Courage
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26 Epilogue
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27 Author’s Note
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