Dating the Enemy — Nicole Williams

Ms. Romance, Hannah Arden, writes one of the top read relationship advice columns in the nation. Mr. Reality, Brooks North, writes the top read relationship advice column. Ms. Romance believes in true love and soul mates. Mr. Reality believes love is a term humanity's assigned to the primal instinct to procreate. She believes in fate -- him in chance. She knows there's one right person for everyone -- he knows there are multiple ones. The two writers couldn't be anymore polarized on the relationship topic. They're professional rivals, and philosophical antagonists. For eight years, their battles have been fought with words and ink. That changes when they both apply for the same position at The World Times and find themselves face-to-face for the first time. Brooks isn't the sour-faced, antiquity of a man Hannah pictured in her mind. And Hannah isn't exactly the middle-aged shrew with cat hair on her housedress Brooks imagined either. In lieu of interviewing for the promotion the traditional way, the two writers are presented with playing the leading roles in a social experiment unlike any before. Can a person be tricked into falling in love? Can a relationship be crafted under the right string of circumstances? Hannah knows the answer. So does Brooks. Agreeing to the terms, the two set out on a three month dating experiment, live-streamed for the world to watch. All Hannah has to do is not fall in love with the narcissistic brute to win. All Brooks has to do is get the starry-eyed dreamer to fall in love with him. Both are so confident in their relationship beliefs they expect the challenge to be an easy one. But neither of them expect what comes next. With the world watching, Brooks and Hannah will be forced to confront their beliefs and conclude who's right once and for all. The answer is one neither of them saw coming.