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Lessons in Romance Series
Academic Love
Book One
Life is the most difficult exam….
I wasn't interested in going to college. All I wanted to do was stay in Europe and travel, but my parents were insistent. They think I'm some kind of wild child and won't stop nagging me, so I finally agreed to come back to the States.
I followed in my older brother's footsteps, enrolling in the same state school. Of course, I wasn't going to completely give up everything I cared about. My choice of major was a big issue, and it took all my patience to put up with my parents' constant pressure to change. I don't know why they're so dead-set against art. In my mind, it's one of the oldest and most respected fields of study in the world.
I signed up for Art History 101 without expecting much from it. How could I sit in a lecture hall and learn about masterpieces I'd seen with my own eyes? I was sure it was going to be boring.
Until I met my new TA.
Liam Brock is the hottest guy on campus, and all his female students knew it. Technically not a teacher, he was still a few years older than me, and officially off limits. But, I've found a whole new reason to go to class—and even signed up for a few tutoring sessions. A girl can dream, right?
Could I have my cake and eat it too? Or is it too forbidden to take a chance?
Textbook Kisses
Book Two
Life is the most difficult exam….
The hottest guy on campus wasn't the head of the football team or the class president. He was the teaching assistant assigned to my art history class. I knew it was wrong to get involved, but I couldn't help myself. I never met anyone who could talk about all the great painters with such passion. Looking deep into his eyes, I felt like I met my soulmate.
The only problem was the university's policy against teaching assistants and undergraduates dating. And my brother, who hated the idea. And my sister, who wanted to date my crush. Oh yeah, and my parents and his parents and the world in general. Basically everyone we knew had some reason they wanted us to stay away from each other.
Flying in the face of all rational arguments, Liam and I knew we were meant to be together. It didn't matter how much trouble we would get in. But when he buckled under pressure from the dean and called things off, I suffered the worst kind of betrayal. He was in my heart and in my mind even though I wasn't allowed to be with him. And then my brother invited him to share Christmas with the family, so he was literally right down the hall. This would end in nothing but heartbreak.
Academic Love
Book Three
Life is the most difficult exam….
I never thought I'd see my name smeared all over the campus gossip sites. Yet there it was, in black and white, my name and the word Scandal.
It all started with a blurry photo showing me and my Teaching Assistant kissing when we weren't even supposed to be dating.
Now it's all over campus. They're threatening to take away his job and kick him out of school altogether. If that happens, I'll be forever known as that girl who tried to spread her legs for a grade.
No matter how hard I protest, no matter who I go to in my quest for understanding, all I get is rejection. No one wants to listen to my side of the story. They don't care I'm in love. They don't care I'm an adult and I have a right to make my own decisions. The optics of the situation are bad, and that's all the college can focus on.
There comes a time in everyone's life when they must stand up and draw a line in the sand.
I have to find a way out to save my reputation and his job. Even if I have to throw myself under a bus, so be it. But are we in love enough to get through this?
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