| slow burn | professor x professor | age gap | Sienna Raynes is the newest member of staff at Coryton house. Will the young professor find her feet and inspire a love for literature or will she stumble? One person gets to find out as the new english profressor is assigned a mentor... The sharp tongued head of music Miss Elizabeth Herrod. Will her icy greetings and fierce opinions unnerve her young mentee or will they get past their initial meeting? Dive into a slow burn romance full of tension, teasing and yearning. Yes there's an age gap, yes she's an older woman and yes it's messy. All the delicious ingredients we know and love ❤️

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗩𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀. 𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 - 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 is a story of forbidden attraction, emotional awakening, teaching love - and breaking hearts.

Professor x Student | wlw | Age gap Lily Miller is a responsible, kind-hearted twenty-year-old who fell in love with philosophy as a child. She's had her fair share of worries all the way from her father's death to carrying the weight of her mother's struggles on her shoulders. She's used to being the strong one and smiling through life no matter how hard it gets. When Lily starts at a new school she quickly becomes interested in the ethics and morality teacher who commands the classroom with her gaze alone. Most students have already made their mind up about her: strict, cold, ruthless. But Lily sees past the masks Heidi Harrington hides behind. Is Heidi unable to resist the effect Lily has on her? Will the two women find in each other what they've long stopped believing in?

Cordelia Ramsey is the kind of girl who's always in motion - weekend parties, hallway laughter, a little too much eyeliner, and a lot of charm. She's not perfect, but she's not trying to be. Grades? Decent. Friends? Plenty. Life? Complicated. Then comes Ms. Deborah Everett - cool, unreadable, and dressed like she walked out of a noir film. Her voice is soft but cutting, her looks linger a moment too long, and her comments always land like a dare. She shouldn't notice Cordelia. Cordelia shouldn't care. But the way Ms. Everett calls her Miss Ramsey, the way her eyes flicker with something Cordelia can't quite name - it sticks. It grows. It lingers. As late assignments turn into after-school conversations, and sarcasm turns into something quieter, deeper - Cordelia starts to wonder: What exactly is happening here? And more dangerously... what if she doesn't want it to stop? A slow-burn romance full of sharp tension, forbidden glances, and the space between wanting something - and knowing you shouldn't touch it.

Seraphina Esposito is a mafia queen.. cold, ruthless, untouchable. At twenty-five she rules an empire built on fear, wielding power like a blade and believing feelings to be nothing but weakness. Love, family, softness.. those are luxuries she's burned out of herself. Or so she thought. Then comes Elowen Morgan. Beautiful. Too emotionally intelligent. Kindhearted. Too pure for a world like hers... and yet, impossible to ignore. With honey-brown eyes that see too much and a quiet defiance behind her smile, she unsettles everything Seraphina thought she knew. Seraphina doesn't do love. But desire? Obsession? The urge to claim what should never have been hers? That, she can't seem to resist. What happens when a woman who feels nothing meets the one person she can't stop feeling?

Grace has always been the responsible one. After losing her parents, responsibility was all she knew-taking care of her younger sister, keeping her head down, never letting herself slip. No parties, no distractions, and definitely no time for love. It never mattered anyway. Love was something that never seemed to belong to her. Until now. What started as a simple tango class, just a chance to learn something she'd always admired, changes everything the moment she meets her. The instructor. Beautiful, magnetic, impossible to look away from. But falling for her is dangerous. Because she's married. She's forbidden. And she's the mother of her sister's best friend. Grace promised herself she would never risk her heart. But on the dance floor, with every step and every stolen glance, she's beginning to wonder if some loves are worth breaking all the rules for.

In a world where obedience is law and emotions are forbidden, Princess Althea is given a Shade-silent, perfect, and bound to her by blood. But Nyra is not like the others. Beneath her stillness lies something quiet and dangerous. As power, memory, and desire begin to blur, Althea finds herself drawn into a truth she was never meant to see. And once you see a Shade feel, you can't unsee it.

Elowyn Gray likes her world quiet, predictable, and safe. As an autistic young woman who builds her life around routine, she's never expected-or wanted-anything to change. But when a chance encounter with the enigmatic CEO Ms. Monroe sends a flicker through her carefully guarded calm, Elowyn finds herself crossing paths with the woman again and again. Warmth becomes confusion. Distance becomes awareness. And every accidental brush of hands sends an unfamiliar thrill through her, making her unsure if she should explore it a little further... or run away completely.

*"She was older. Dangerous. Everything my parents swore would destroy me. But I couldn't stop wanting her. What started as stolen glances turned into secret touches, and before I knew it, I was addicted to the taste of her. Loving her meant lies, betrayal, and nights I can't admit out loud. She told me I was too young. She told me I was not hers to love. But when her hands were on me, neither of us believed it. This is not a fairytale. It's obsession. It's forbidden. And it's the kind of love that ruins you before it saves you."*

At twenty-two, Hailey Parker is a single mom just trying to survive her new job as a secretary at the elite Bailington Academy. She's messy, bright, and full of heart-everything Professor Ellena Thorne has worked hard to shut out. Ellena is brilliant, reserved, and emotionally off-limits after a painful divorce. But when Hailey crashes into her world-literally-what starts as irritation turns into something far more complicated. Two women. One impossible attraction. And a slow-burn journey toward love, laughter, and maybe even healing.