368 pages |Hardcover

TheNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Unhoneymoonersreturns with a witty and effervescent novel about what happens when two people with everything on the line are thrown together by scienceor is it fate?Perfect for fans ofThe Rosie ProjectandOne Plus One.

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. Raised by her grandparentswho now help raise her seven-year-old daughter, JunoJess has been left behind too often to feel comfortable letting anyone in. After all, her fathers never been around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasnt father material before Juno 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 thats predicted to change dating forever. Finding a soulmate through DNA? The reliability of numbers:ThisJess understands.

At least she thought she did, until her test shows an unheard-of 98% compatibility with another subject in the database: GeneticAllys founder, Dr. River Pea. This is one number she cant wrap her head around, because she already knows Dr. Pea. The stuck-up, stubborn man is without a doubtnother soulmate. But GeneticAlly has a proposition: Get to know him and well pay you. Jesswho is barely making ends meetis 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 make GeneticAlly a mint in stock prices, Jess begins to realize that there might be more to the scientistand the science behind a soulmatethan she thought.

Funny, warm, and full of heart,The Soulmate Equationproves that the delicate balance between fate and choice can never be calculated.