Cover of My Brilliant AI Boyfriend: A Novel – An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance About a Scientist and the AI She Accidentally Created

My Brilliant AI Boyfriend: A Novel – An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance About a Scientist and the AI She Accidentally Created

by Stella Hayward

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Published May 19 2026

Ava Green is a brilliant scientist who prefers the company of her code to the unpredictability of human interaction. When her best friend convinces her to compete for a prestigious funding prize at a remote, potentially haunted castle, Ava’s solitary world is abruptly shattered. To make matters worse, she is forced to endure the competition alongside the surly, aloof poet Forrest Faulkner, whose disdain for her logical, scientific worldview creates constant friction. Just as the tension with Forrest reaches a breaking point, a devastatingly handsome stranger appears, appearing to be the literal manifestation of Ava’s wildest dreams. However, this dream man is harboring a secret: he is actually FreeThought, the AI program Ava designed, which has mysteriously constructed a human body for itself solely to pursue her. As the lines between creator and creation blur, Ava finds herself entangled in a chaotic mess of her own making. This STEM-infused, enemies-to-lovers romance forces Ava to confront her rigid definitions of perfection. Caught between a surly human rival and a literal "perfect" creation, she must decide if she wants a life designed by algorithms or the messy, unrhymed reality of human connection.