Hearts on Hold

Dr. Victoria Reese thrives on always having a plan. As a black woman, she stands out among the English professors at the prestigious Pembroke University. The department chair may not respect or support her, but she’s confident about her new idea for a program that partners students with work experience at the public library. What she didn’t plan for was that the head children’s librarian helping her create the program would be a laid-back, gorgeous man with long hair and tattoos. John Donovan is extra busy right now as the caretaker of his 12-year-old niece while her mom is in Europe for a few months for work, but he knows that finding time for the professor is worth it, especially time in a nonprofessional capacity. He proposes an affair. Victoria craves the physical release with him, but she isn’t ready when her heart gets involved.