by Vi Keeland
First published 2017
A furious confrontation in a bar sets the stage for an awkward professional relationship. The narrator spots a man she believes is Caine West, the married charmer who seduced and abandoned her best friend. She unleashes her anger on him, calling him a lying, cheating narcissist who deserved every harsh word. His amused smile only fuels her rage. Too late, she discovers she attacked the wrong person entirely. Mortified, she flees without apologizing, certain she'll never see this stranger again. The next morning proves her wrong. She walks into her graduate class to find the same man standing at the front of the room. Professor West is now her supervisor, and she must work as his teaching assistant. The professional dynamic creates an impossible situation. She owes him an apology for her mistaken verbal assault, but proximity breeds a different kind of tension. Her initial embarrassment transforms into attraction, complicated by the academic hierarchy between them. The woman who once unleashed her fury on an innocent man now finds herself drawn to the very person she wronged.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
351 pages · Paperback · EverAfter Romance