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About the book
The Kiss Quotient is Helen Hoang’s 2018 contemporary romance about a woman mathematician with Asperger’s syndrome and her relationship with an escort.
About the author
Helen Hoang is a contemporary romance author; The Kiss Quotient is her debut novel.