What should I read after The Soulmate Equation?

If you liked The Soulmate Equation, try The Dead Romantics (Ashley Poston), First-Time Caller (B.K. Borison) and The Happy Ever After Playlist (Abby Jimenez).

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren: what it’s like, who it’s for

Name: The Soulmate Equation
Author: Christina Lauren
ISBN: 9781982123963

Romance Contemporary fiction Graphic novels & humour

A broke single mother and statistician signs up for a DNA-based dating app and is matched, improbably, with the scientist who invented it.

Feels like hope, longing and wonder. About love, war and time.

A page from the book

The everyday things someone asks for when they mean forever.

I want to be here to bring you coffee. I want to take you out to dinner and order the same food and hear you recite the odds that we would have met. I want to hate-attend fancy social events together.” Jess laughed, a surprised burst of sound, and his tone softened. “I want you to call me for help—without an apology already on the tip of your tongue. I want to feel like I can kiss you again by your car at the end of the night.” He swallowed. “I want you in my bed.

Excerpt from The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren 2021. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

Christina Lauren.Christina Lauren is two people: Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, friends who met through fan fiction and have co-written dozens of romance novels under one shared name.

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Questions readers ask

What is The Soulmate Equation like?: Feels like hope, longing and wonder. About love, war and time.
What should I read after The Soulmate Equation?: If you liked The Soulmate Equation, try The Dead Romantics (Ashley Poston), First-Time Caller (B.K. Borison) and The Happy Ever After Playlist (Abby Jimenez).

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