Beyond the Syllabus

Beyond the Syllabus

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Sophia Sinclair is back in a city she never truly missed. A new campus, new colleagues, new responsibilities - and no energy for anything that doesn't fit into her carefully planned routine. Lilo doesn't fit into it. They meet on a rain-slick sidewalk, somewhere between spilled coffee and a glance that lingers one heartbeat too long. It's nothing. At least that's what Sophia tells herself as she slips the business card into her coat pocket and tries to keep walking. But some people can't simply be left behind. Especially not when you suddenly find yourself facing them twice a week - them in the lecture hall, you at the front of the room. Beyond the Syllabus is a story about two women who meet at the wrong time, in the wrong place - and about what happens when they still can't look away.
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