Dr. Mark Holloway is a young college professor who has a PhD in poetry. He isn't looking for love or complications after his last two failed relationships. Reserved and cold, hate is the answer. All he expects from his third year at the University of Nebraska is for it to be exactly like his first two. He doesn't expect to be challenged by a student who brings out a different side of him. Valentina Aguilar is a senior at the University of Nebraska majoring in psychology. Having a hard time saying no, she finds herself roped into a poetry class. Free-spirited and open, love is the answer. When a first impression goes wrong, Valentina and Dr. Holloway begin a complicated relationship; bringing out hidden parts of each other. Valentina's rare hateful side is sparked by a smug professor. Dr. Holloway rekindles his passion for poetry when he meets his match. ••• I gently pick her hand up with mine and pull it to my lips. I kiss it softly, keeping my eyes locked with hers. "Valentina." I speak her name in a low voice. The scent of spice and cinnamon lotion on her hand clouds my mind. I kiss her wrist this time. "Are you saying.." I slowly pull her sleeve back more and more. My heart hammers in my chest but I try to hide my nerves as I kiss her arm, softly. "You want this, sweetheart?" I kiss her arm once more before pulling her sleeve down and giving her arm back to her. Satisfaction swells in my chest at her flushed cheeks. But her eyes are confident, challenging. "I guess you have to find out." Her soft voice poses a challenge, one I'm too eager to accept. I would do anything she asked me to.
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