
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Family Relationships
Nerdy / Geeky
Opposites Attract
Return to Hometown
Road Trip
Heat Level:
Hot & Steamy (full, graphic description of sexual acts occurs and may include crude language)
Archetypes:
Blue Collar Worker
Seeking New Career
Teacher / Professor
Unemployed / Retired / Recent Graduate / Seeking New Career
Waitstaff / Barista / Bartender
Geographic Location:
United States: Mid-Atlantic
United States: Midwest
United States: New England / Northeast
Setting:
Academic / School / University
Bakery / Sweet Shop / Cafe
Big City / Urban
Casino / Club / Bar
Farm / Ranch
Restaurant / Diner / Food Truck
Wedding
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Femme
Androgynous
Tomboy
The Best Lines
The Chicago Series, Book 1
By Nicole Pyland
A math genius and a literature professor understand each other in a way no one else ever has before and find love along the way.
Eva Dash has her career on track. After earning her Ph. D in Literature, she became a professor at the same college she’d called home as a student. When she loses the only job she’s ever wanted, she’s forced to consider leaving the only home she’s ever really known.
Ember Elliot, the reformed player, has finally committed herself to looking for the right woman while struggling to find herself in other ways. She’s tired of being misunderstood by her family and hiding a very important part of herself from them. Being gay isn’t her secret. Wanting to be more than just a manager at her family’s restaurant is. And she’s ready to take steps to get what she wants.
The two women meet when Ember does her best to keep Eva from being a notch in another woman’s bedpost. They find each other at the time when both of them have lives and careers in flux. It starts with a scribbled warning on a napkin, continues with a tree house kiss and ends with a wall covered in chalkboard paint.