Love Startup, The

This 10+ hour, dual-narrated romantic comedy delivers sharp banter, high heat, raunchy comedy, and a friends-to-lovers fake dating romance with workplace chaos. Think Big Bang Theory with more banging. Love is a bug in the system. I'm Maddie Denton—girl boss coder, full-time trash-talker, and proud member of the "No Thanks, I'II Die Alone" club. Society says because I have a hoo-ha, I should want a man more than building my dream company. I say: eat my Wi-Fi. My sisters think I'm stuck in arrested development, but my best friend and co-founder Zack likes me as the foul-mouthed, hoodie-wearing chaos goblin that I am. We're this close to securing that sweet investor cash for LoveScore: our startup, our baby, our shot at hitting the big time. All we have to do is add "intimate physical data" to the app... in six weeks. Our solution? Gather that spicy data ourselves by fake-dating, proving that geeks never grow up, we just fake it better than everyone else. I'm Zack, and today I learned I'm both desperate and stupid. I've agreed to fake-date Maddie—my business partner and the girl I've never stopped wanting. Which means… Role-playing. Fake kissing. Cosplaying with her as my fantasy girlfriend. Pretending my longtime secret crush is finally mine? Easiest acting job of my life. But every fake touch, every "just for research” act of desire, short-circuits my common sense and fries whatever's left of my self-control. If I slip up, I don't just lose the company. I lose her. The Love Startup is a filthy, dirty-minded, laugh-out-loud friends-to-lovers workplace romcom about two geeks fake-dating their way into real love—and real trouble. Perfect for fans of high-spice Meghan Quinn mayhem, steamy role-play, he-falls-first pining, and ambitious heroines who have zero chill. Standalone HEA. Open door. Grab your copy now. No grown-ups allowed.