What happens in the stacks stays in the stacks…Professor Victoria Reese knows an uphill battle when she sees one. Convincing her narrow-minded colleagues at the elite Pembroke University to back a partnership with the local library is a fight she saw coming and already has a plan for. What she didn’t see coming? The wildly hot librarian who makes it clear books aren’t the only thing he’d like to handle.When a tightly wound, sexy-as-hell professor proposes a partnership between his library and her university, children’s department head John Donovan is all for it. He knows his tattoos and easygoing attitude aren’t quite what she expected, but the unmistakable heat between them is difficult to resist.And then there’s the intriguing late fee on her record. For the Duke’s Convenience… A late fee and a sexy romance novel? There’s more to Dr. Reese than she’s letting on.John might like to tease her about her late fee, but when he teases her in other ways, Victoria is helpless to resist. Mixing business with pleasure—and oh, it is pleasure—always comes with risks, but maybe a little casual fun between the sheets is just what Victoria needs.This book is approximately 111,500 wordsOne-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!
Publication Year: 2020
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0 0I unreservedly love HEARTS ON HOLD. A buttoned up, over worked English professor works with a buttoned down, tattooed, man-bunned children's librarian to put together an internship program for students. There's campus politics, kissing in the stacks, family tension, and good friends on all sides.
I adored Victoria's focus. She put together a planner to have an affair! I love it! Her struggle for respect, as a Black woman at an elite, mostly-white university, felt very real, as did the connections and interactions she had with students.
And John's devotion to his family, his commitment to being a good uncle, was heart melting.
The way the two characters play off each other, and their near-instant lust, was great. This book is steamy and emotional, and funny. I just adored it.
This was the first book I've read by Charish Reid, but it won't be the last.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for review.
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