For the Beach Bag: The Scientist Heroines of Ali Hazelwood, Taken in Sequence

There's now a guide to reading Ali Hazelwood's romance novels from the first one onward. The case for starting at the beginning is the heroine Hazelwood is known for: a woman whose working life is in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, and who no other romance writer draws quite as well. For a reader settling in at the club pool or on a chaise on the North End, it's a clear place to start, and the books stack neatly on the side table. Love stories with a laboratory or a lecture hall in the background make a smart choice for the season.

With reporting from Town & Country.