Ellen Novak is a hardworking college student who wants to get her degree and start her life after years of financial struggle. Alexander Cord is a widowed English professor who hides his loneliness behind a sardonic facade. School rules have kept them at arm's length all year long. But on the last night of Ellen's college career, the two of them risk everything to find out if their mutual attraction is more than just a classroom crush.

Natasha M. Stark is the contemporary romance pseudonym for Nicola M. Cameron. Natasha's books are funny, modern, and oh so steamy, running the range from Hollywood romcoms to second chances at love.