The Soulmate Equation

The Soulmate Equation

by Lauren, Christina

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About

Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born. Jess holds her loved ones close but working constantly to stay afloat is hard...and lonely.

But then Jess hears about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new DNA-based matchmaking company that’s predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soulmate through DNA? The reliability of numbers: This Jess understands.

At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98 percent compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAlly’s founder, Dr. River Peña. This is one number she can’t wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Peña. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubt not her soulmate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get ‘to know him and we’ll pay you. Jess—who is barely making ends meet—is in no position to turn it down, despite her skepticism about the project and her dislike for River. As the pair are dragged from one event to the next as the “Diamond” pairing that could launch GeneticAlly’s valuation sky-high, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientist—and the science behind a soulmate—than she thought.
Additional Info

Topics and Key Themes

Narrative Tropes

  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Fake Dating
  • Grumpy/Sunshine
  • Slow Burn
  • Opposites Attract

Key Themes

  • Science versus the heart — a data-driven skeptic discovers love can't be reduced to a compatibility score.
  • Single mom letting her guard down — years of abandonment make trust feel like the biggest risk of all.
  • Emotional walls hiding warmth — a cold, aloof scientist slowly reveals the person beneath the lab coat.
  • Paid proximity sparking real feeling — a financial arrangement blurs the line between performance and genuine connection.
  • Chosen family over perfect origins — Jess builds belonging despite a childhood defined by people who left.

Who is this book for?

Spice Level: 3 / 5: Spicy

Things heat up — open-door scenes with some descriptive detail, balanced against the plot.

About the Author

Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 internationally bestselling authors of the Beautiful and Wild Seasons series, Autoboyography, Love and Other Words, Roomies, Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, The Unhoneymooners, The Soulmate Equation, Something Wilder, The True Love Experiment, The Paradise Problem, The Romance Revival, and In a Holidaze. You can find them online at ChristinaLaurenBooks.com or @ChristinaLauren on Instagram.