by Julia Whelan
First published 2018
Ella Durran arrives at Oxford at 24, her childhood dream finally realized through a Rhodes Scholarship. She's also landed a coveted role with a presidential campaign back in DC, planning to work remotely before returning to American politics after her year abroad. Her first day goes sideways when a quick-tongued local crashes into her with his car, ruining her shirt and her mood. The situation gets worse when she discovers this same man, Jamie Davenport, will be teaching her English literature course. What starts as mutual antagonism shifts after a late night drink reveals an unexpected connection between them. Their casual relationship deepens into something serious, but Jamie harbors a life-changing secret that forces Ella into an impossible choice. She must decide between the political career she's planned since age thirteen and staying in England to support the man she's falling for through a crisis that will test them both. As her Oxford year draws to a close, Ella faces the question of whether her longtime dreams match what her heart now wants.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Oxford, DC
Period: 21st-century
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