She’s an overworked scientist. He’s a celebrity wellness guru. They share a wall—and an enemy.
Victoria Darling has no patience for her infuriatingly serene neighbor. Determined to escape her parents' Beverly Hills dental empire, she's grinding through an MD-PhD program, working eighty-hour weeks in the lab of a Nobel Laureate. The last thing she needs is Stephen Souza.
Stephen is Hollywood's favorite wellness guru, selling adaptogens, mindfulness, and immaculate vibes to A-listers who swear by him. Victoria sees him as everything wrong with modern health culture—until academic betrayal destroys the career she's spent her life building.
Suddenly, the man she dismissed as a celebrity quack is the only person who can help—and the one person she never expected to fall for. Because Stephen Souza isn't who she thinks he is. And the man who ruined Victoria's future has a history with Stephen that neither of them can afford to ignore.
Neighborly Chemistry is a standalone contemporary STEM romance featuring enemies-to-lovers, neighbors-to-lovers, opposites attract, a reversed grumpy / sunshine dynamic, a slow burn, humor, and a satisfying HEA.
