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Formula for Love: A Nerdy Friends to Lovers Romance (Excelling @ Love Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Amelia Simone (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

3.9 53 ratings

Book 1 of 5: Excelling @ Love

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Getting his heart broken by his new best friend wasn’t part of the plan.

Ed Delancey:
How does a nerdy, introverted data analyst make new friends? Very carefully and deliberately, of course. It throws me for a loop when grad student Rita Ryan effortlessly teases me out of my shell. But is she going to stick around long enough for our connection to go anywhere?

Rita Ryan:
Ed is quirky, sweet, and impossible to resist. Sticking to my job search with the World’s Hottest Nerd distracting me may be more than my ambition can handle. Even if I landed the perfect job, it’s hard to imagine leaving town—and the man who gets me on every level.

Love was never supposed to be part of the equation, but can World’s Hottest Nerd + Extrovert Extraordinaire = forever?

Alternately steamy, nerdy, and sweet, the Excelling @ Love Series follows a group of strong women as they find love in their small college town. Filled with feel-good romance, found family, and flirty banter, the Excelling @ Love books are happy hour for the soul.

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	Formula for Love	Formula for L	Formula for Seduction	Formula for Redemption	Formula for Devotion
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If you love:	Friends to Lovers	Enemies to Lovers	Cinnamon Roll Hero	Grumpy & Sunshine	Reforming the Bad Boy
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Ed is on a quest for friendship, and he's not going to let the beautiful Rita knock him off course. (Or so he thinks!) Bwahaha! (Insert evil author cackle here.) Ed has a lot to learn about friendship and love, but grad student Rita is more than up for the challenge.

There's a thread of Bigfoot nerdery throughout the Excelling @ Love Series, but I promise, there's nothing paranormal. It's more of a Pacific Northwest quirkiness and playful spirit that I hope you'll adore as much as I do. (If you look *very* carefully, you might spot Bigfoot throughout the series in sneaky ways.)

I hope you'll enjoy watching Ed learn that sometimes he's got to follow the path instead of plotting every move, especially when it comes to his heart.

This book is for you if you like:

Friendships that grow into love

Mutual caregiving

Punny flirting

Witty banter

Open door romance

College campus setting

Happily ever after

Feel-good, funny romance

A relatively quick read

As always, you can find content notes on my website for Formula for Love. Happy reading!

About the Author

What drew you to writing?
I love reading quirky, nerdy real-life romances and seeing people become their best selves as they learn and grow together. Character-driven books with realistic flaws always captivated me and made me want to create more.

How do you find inspiration for your books?
TV and movie archetypes and fantasy pairings of them keep me endlessly entertained. I love humor and banter in my TV, and you'll find easter eggs leading back to some of my favorite shows in my books. I enjoy the energy of shows like Ted Lasso, Psych, and Schitt's Creek. Relatable and ridiculously fun.

What makes your voice unique?
My books are full of snarky family and flirty banter between love interests. I adore humor and showcasing how important supporting relationships are for all of us. When we're in our feelings and struggling, we can be thankful for friends and family to help us through the lows and celebrate the highs.

Who are your author influences?
I'm an old-school romance reader, starting with Harlequin, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Nora Roberts in my teens. As an adult, I've read everything Ilona Andrews has written. I love strong women, snarky humor, and lovers that make good partners.

Name one thing every Amelia Simone book has.
Wooing with food! I love a man who knows his way around the stove. Someone is always a pro in the kitchen in my stories and shows their love through cooking. I share a lot of my family's recipes with my newsletter subscribers, because they are just as delicious in real life.

Tropes that make you one-click?
Friends to lovers. Le sigh. Rivals to lovers and the variations of that: enemies to lovers and schemers to lovers. Also, I love a good matchmaking, heist, or betting subplot!

Sweet or spicy?
BOTH! In my books and in food. My books are all open door and steamy, but light and funny, with love interests who treat each other with kindness.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09QXRS1S3
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 20, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3831 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 277 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #355,085 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,550 in Small Town Romance (Books)
- #9,773 in Romantic Comedy (Kindle Store)
- #11,755 in Contemporary Romance Fiction

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Amelia Simone is the author of flirty, fun romances set in the Pacific Northwest, including Forbidden Flame (Book 1 of the Campfire Council Series), Formula for Love (Book 1 of the Excelling @ Love Series), and Mister Romance (Book 1 of the Self-Made Series.)

On sunny days, you can find her lounging on her deck, sipping coffee and working on her latest book. She specializes in writing lighthearted, hopeful romances that feature relatable, everyday characters who are looking for love. She's a firm believer in writing dessert books with plenty of sweet, flirty banter and teasing. Her goal is to deliver stories that give you a serotonin boost and leave you with a smile.

When she's not writing, she's wrangling her kiddos, indulging in food and wine adventures with her better half, or out back trying to revive her garden. (Hey, sometimes things die, it's fine.)

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Mindy H

Fun read

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2022

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Good read, fun banter and quirky characters make this an entertaining story. Ed grew up with a free spirit of a mother which is totally opposite of the planner he is. Deciding to expand his friend pool as an introvert he has it all mapped out. Rita was not in his plans but he can feel the chemistry. Rita has her own problems, she's about ready to graduate and go out in the real world but she has no idea what that's going to look like or where, but the sexy data nerd is adding to her dilemmas. Migraines, Bigfoot and family add to a good time.

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aleksandra

a fun, quick and light read

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2022

This was my book by this author and it was quite enjoyable! The story caught my attention from the very first page and held it to the end. It was a quick and easy read that still left a lasting impression. Ed and Rita were great together.
The book is very well written, the characters are interesting and well-developed and easily relatable. If you're looking for a fun, quick and light read, you definitely will want to pick this one.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022

I really really liked this book!! Go and read it if you love awkward and intelligent men. I actually felt represented because I gave the same problems as him when it comes to human interaction. I found this extremely cute and I was super invested. My only problem with this is the miscommunication thing. It drove me up a wall. But I absolutely recommend this. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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Wendy Livingstone

Sweet!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022

This is the first in a new series and is Ed and Rita’s story. Ed is a self-proclaimed “geek,” who is looking to acquire more friends in his life, and needs to improve his social life, and his bestie with benefits, Rita agrees to help him. This is a good story which is fun, sweet, with romance, humor, witty banter, and love, which leads to an enjoyable page turner. I look forward to reading more from this talented author whose work I recommend.
I received a free copy of this book via Enticing Journey Book Promotions and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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Ann Tosti

A two step plan to friends...or love

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2022

He had a plan. A plan to make friends; nothing more, nothing less. He didn't plan for Rita.

She has a plan to finally graduate and leave academia. And for that, she needed to leave the small college town that she has grown to love.

Together, they learn to follow a new path instead of a rigid plan.

It was really good and I loved these quirky, nerdy characters.
*I am leaving an honest and voluntary review after receiving this book as an ARC.

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2022

This book was really a great read, Ed and Rita, where a great slow burn, I enjoy that this book held on to the Women in S-T-E-M, The pacing in this book was a little slow going, but still over all a very good great for me.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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Natalie Freese

The stories we need right now

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2022

These are the types of stories we need right now. Cute geeks bumping into cute girls, who can't flirt even if their life depends on it. Just sweet and charming, BUT the author does a great job in making sure the characters don't feel they have to change themselves to accepted, let alone loved.
Right now we need these stories that won't change the world but will at least entertain us for a bit.
oh, and Geeky guys make the best boyfriends...and husbands.

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022

A nice, fun read with plenty of chuckles throughout the story. Ed is a self proclaimed 'Geek' and he decides to improve his social skills. Enter Rita who agrees to help him gain a better social etiquette. From these social lessons also come major life lessons and changes. Enjoyed this story very much and the happy read throughout.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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