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  • Published: 10 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529927948
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00

The Love Fix

Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World




A compassionate guide to finding love and meaningful connections in the digital age.

Dating apps have completely altered the way we we think and talk about our romantic lives. Swiping, situationships and shifting standards of communication have created an emotional gap between what we want and how we actually date, leading us to wonder if these apps are helping us find love, or leaving us lonelier than ever.

In The Love Fix, journalist Rachel Thompson investigates how the internet shapes our expectations, self-esteem, and search for intimacy as we date online and in-person. Are 'preferences' every truly just that, or do they couch hidden prejudices? Can you feel a 'spark' when you meet someone online? How do you find meaningful connections while honouring your feelings and your mental health?

Weaving personal anecdotes with ground-breaking research and interviews with real people, sociologists mental health experts, this book will help you make sense of the modern dating landscape, teach you how to confidently ask for things that work for you and provide you the tools to find the security and connections you deserve.

  • Published: 10 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529927948
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $30.00

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Praise for The Love Fix

Rachel Thompson is the best sex and dating writer since Candace Bushnell. The Love Fix is a companion guide to navigating the highs and lows of modern dating. This book helps us understand why we are the way we are and why we feel things so deeply in the realm of love. This book will validate your experiences and emotions and help you feel less alone in the perilous dating scene.

Gigi Engle, author of 'All The F*cking Mistakes'

We’ll never have all the answers or even all the questions we have about love fully explained, but it’s clear that the landscape of intimacy has changed and that we are simultaneously hyper-connected and disconnected. This book really unpacks and unpicks how these contextual shifts and adaptations have changed our social expectations when it comes to love, and has altered the course of how we meet, start and maintain loving connections.

Kate Moyle, Psychosexual Therapist and author of 'The Science Of Sex'

Rachel is a brilliant writer and has revolutionised conversations around love and modern dating.

Shahed Ezaydi, Stylist

Required reading for every person who is dating right now.

Beth Ashley

Fascinating! So well-researched and insightful. I kept screenshotting pages to send to my friends - the highest form of praise.

Radhika Sanghani, author of 'I Wish We Weren't Related' and '30 Things I Love About Myself'

It is very tempting to respond to modern dating culture with the harshness it hits us with - but Rachel sets us the challenge of radical sensitivity, not only to each other but to ourselves. A must-read for anyone who has forgotten that their greatest love story will not be with an imagined partner, but actually their own self.

Sophia Smith Galer, author of 'Losing It'

Navigating the maze of modern love is challenging at the best of times, more so when you’re in your thirties and the pressure to partner up grows increasingly heavy. But knowledge is power and The Love Fix offers its reader both ... Thompson provides her reader with a rich and timely analysis of today’s dating landscape, alongside the tools to help us all navigate it a little more fruitfully. This book will help you feel less alone and more supported in pursuit of whatever kind of love you may currently be after.

Emma Louise Boynton, host of 'Sex Talks'

An important feminist voice and a spectacular writer. This book will change how (and maybe even whether) we date. An extraordinary piece of work.

Sofie Hagen, author of 'Happy Fat' and 'Will I Ever Have Sex Again?'