The True Love Experiment audiobook cover - A romance novelist who’s lost her joy agrees to star in a DNA-based dating show—only to fall for the one man she isn’t allowed to want: the guarded producer who sees through her jokes, challenges her cynicism, and dares her to believe in love again.

The True Love Experiment

A romance novelist who’s lost her joy agrees to star in a DNA-based dating show—only to fall for the one man she isn’t allowed to want: the guarded producer who sees through her jokes, challenges her cynicism, and dares her to believe in love again.

Christina Lauren

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Description

Felicity “Fizzy” Chen can write happily-ever-afters for millions of readers, but her own real life has stalled: no inspiration, no spark, and a creeping fear that her optimism about love has finally run dry. When a British producer, Connor Prince, pitches her a reality dating show built around GeneticAlly’s DNADuo compatibility technology, Fizzy balks—until she realizes she can rewrite the rules from the inside.

Fizzy demands a smarter, sexier, more respectful format and a cast of romance-hero archetypes. Connor, a single dad and documentary filmmaker forced into unscripted TV by his boss, reluctantly agrees. As they build the show together—chasing “joy” on field trips, bantering through confessionals, and surviving public scrutiny—Fizzy’s libido and creativity roar back to life… and so does Connor’s heart. But a scandal at their company raises the stakes, and their growing feelings become the one storyline they can’t risk.

Who Should Listen

  • Romance listeners who love witty banter, sex-positivity, and emotionally grounded HEA payoffs.
  • Fans of reality-dating-show setups, “behind the scenes” chemistry, and workplace-adjacent forbidden attraction.
  • Readers who enjoy stories about creative burnout, rediscovering joy, and choosing love with intention.

About the Authors

Christina Lauren is the joint pen name of longtime writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, bestselling authors of numerous contemporary romance novels including The Soulmate Equation, The Unhoneymooners, and Love and Other Words.