
Loathe to Love You is a trio of STEMinist novellas that feel like one continuous, heart-forward story about enemies who become partners, strangers who turn into safe harbors, and women who refuse to shrink their brilliance. Under One Roof finds environmental engineer Mara forced to co-own a D.C. home with Liam, a glacially serious big-oil lawyer whose walls crack under kindness and grief. Stuck with You traps green-building engineer Sadie in a dead elevator with Erik, the Viking coder whose entire vibe is “don’t smile” and whose entire heart is “hurt for you, fight for you.” Below Zero strands NASA scientist Hannah in the Arctic with only one voice on her satphone—Ian’s, the red-haired rover chief she once pushed away and now must trust to haul her out of the ice. These stories are smart, funny, and quietly radical: women leading, loving, and not apologizing for either.