The Statistically Unlikely Rebound: A Grad or Die Romance, Book #1

“Hooked from the first kiss and not even sorry about it. I live for a smart heroine with a bruised heart and Daisy absolutely delivers. She gets dumped, moves to MIT anyway, and then fake dates her ex’s rival because why not cause a little chaos. What I did not expect was how much I would fall for Lars. He starts off cold and calculating, but the more time he spends with Daisy the more cracks show, and I ate it up. The banter is sharp, the tension is real, and the slow burn had me grinning like an idiot. If you love brilliant characters who are way too logical for their own good but completely helpless when feelings enter the equation, this book is for you. Read it. Trust me. “ – Sue from Goodreads

The Statistically Unlikely Rebound:
A Grad or Die Romance, Book #1

Two fake-dating mathematicians create all kinds of chemistry in this forced proximity STEMinist romance for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Abby Jimenez.

Mathematician Daisy Zhang-Wainwright’s fiancé Ethan unceremoniously dumps her 29 days before she’s due to move cross-country to be with him and start a new university job. But Daisy’s always been stubborn, and she’s not about to turn down a postdoc at MIT over a failed relationship, so here she is, in a last-minute apartment with minimal furniture, no friends, and a dumpster fire of a bank account.

To make matters worse, her new downstairs neighbor is Professor Lars Berg-Anderson, Ethan’s academic rival, infamously cold and notoriously antisocial. Daisy has barely settled in when she discovers that not only is Ethan in a new relationship, it’s with Daisy’s new potential colleague… who is pregnant. Daisy doesn’t need her math PhD to work out that the two relationships overlapped.

So when the happy couple arrives at Daisy’s house-warming party, what can she do but impulsively suggest Lars kiss her? Lars might be MIT’s ice man, but he’s also objectively hot. But, the more time they spend together, the harder it is for either of them to maintain appropriate boundaries. Daisy’s not ready for anything serious and Lars believes relationships have an “unfavorable benefit to effort ratio”, so these two are definitely way too smart to get emotionally entangled in a for-show, completely fake, rebound. Right?

“I don’t read a lot of romance, but this book was so fun and easy to read that I flew through it. The banter between the two leads felt natural and genuine, even if I didn’t get most of the movie references, and I loved watching Daisy go from someone who couldn’t stand up for herself to someone who (mostly) knew what she deserved. The mother-daughter story line was well done. It felt real in a way I wasn’t expecting from a romance novel, and the resolution was satisfying and believable.”  – Yichou from from Amazon.

About the Author

Parker Elling

I’m a blessed (but often exhausted) mother of four. I learned English by reading regency-era romances by the bagful, and when I ran out of escapist fiction that was exactly the type I wanted (usually lower stakes, usually lighter on the angst though sometimes I lean in), I started to write my own.  While I don’t have social media, etc. you can find me through my author profile on Goodreads!