An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fiancĆ© has just become the president of her collegeāand her new bossāin this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austenās classic Persuasion.
Anne Corey is about to get schooled.
An English professor in California, sheās determined to score a position on the coveted tenure track at her college. All sheās got to do is get a book deal, snag a promotion, and boom! Sheās in. But then Adam Martinezāher first love and ex-fiancĆ©āshows up as the collegeās new president.
Anne should be able to keep herself distracted. After all, sheās got a book to write, an aging father to take care of, and a new romance developing with the collegeās insanely hot writer-in-residence. But no matter where she turns, thereās Adam, as smart and sexy as ever. As the school year advances and her long-buried feelings begin to resurface, Anne begins to wonder whether she just might get a second chance at love.
Funny, smart, and full of heart, this modern ode to Jane Austenās classic explores what happens when we run into the demons of our past...and when they turn out not to be so bad, after all.