Kira's plan to delay adulthood hits a snag when she enrolls in a PhD program, hoping for the comfort of her favorite elderly professor as a supervisor. Instead, she's assigned to Dr. Roman Nobel, a strikingly handsome thirty-something English Literature professor with a passion matching her own. Caught between her academic ambitions and the growing tension with the professor, Kira must navigate the demands of her research under his watchful eye while trying to pry open the sealed box that is Dr. Roman Nobel.

**To read full, edited novel, please purchase on Amazon. Links in bio** Nestled in the foothills, Sierra Pacey has a decent life. Horses, cattle, and an old farm truck is all she needs. At least, that's what she tells herself. But when her NHL star neighbor comes home to lay his father to rest, all of the feelings she's been desperately ignoring come crawling back out. A night at a hockey game and one single picture released to tabloids makes it impossible for her to ignore Rhett Wright.