Office Hours Are Over

He was the only man I ever wrote for. Now, he’s the only man standing in my way.

Seven years ago, I sat in Dr. Gideon Parish's classroom and let him take my prose apart. He was brilliant, severe, and devastatingly out of reach. I was the arrogant student trying to provoke a reaction; he was the untouchable professor who refused to cross the line. He let me graduate without ever confirming if the electric, undeniable heat between us was real.

Now, I’m a bestselling romance author with a massive deadline and a crippling case of writer's block. My publisher’s solution? Six weeks of forced productivity at the prestigious Breakwater Writers' Residency on the Rhode Island coast. It’s the perfect escape.

Until I walk into the dining hall and see my new workshop mentor.

Gideon is exactly as I remember him: older, sharper, and looking at me with that same dark, unreadable intensity. The academic rules that kept us apart are gone, but his iron-clad boundaries are still firmly in place. Except this time, I’m not a twenty-two-year-old kid desperate for his approval. I know what I want, and I'm done waiting.

When a massive coastal storm traps us together in a tiny oceanfront cottage, the professional distance finally shatters. Seven years of pent-up desire is a dangerous thing to unleash. But giving in to Gideon means trusting him with more than just my body—it means trusting him with the truth behind every word I’ve ever written.

Office Hours Are Over is a steamy, high-angst MM romance featuring forced proximity, a former professor/student dynamic, explosive coastal storms, and a guaranteed happily ever after.