The Love Algorithm

by Kenzie Cox

What if your perfect match was the one person you swore you'd never swipe right on?


Eden Hale doesn't believe in love-she believes in data. So she built H8Match, a brutally honest dating app that uses psychological profiling to pair people based on mutual pet peeves, emotional triggers, and shared hatreds. It's not romantic. It's efficient.

But when the app's beta test goes viral, Eden is stunned to find herself matched at 98% compatibility... with Reed Maddox.
Her college nemesis.
Tech world heartthrob.
Walking ego in tailored suits.
And the man who once publicly humiliated her at a Stanford startup showcase.

Now, thanks to a meddling sister, a PR crisis, and a funding offer she can't afford to refuse, Eden is stuck fake-dating her archnemesis for the world to see. The hate is mutual. The chemistry is worse. And the longer they keep up the act, the harder it becomes to remember what's real-and what was supposed to be just for show.

Who knew hate could be so... compatible?

336 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 26, 2025

About the author

Kenzie Cox is the pen name of New York Times bestselling author Deanna Chase.