ISBN 1-58939-904-8, $14.95, softcover, 292 pages
It is 1980 and Christopher Robin Thorne rashly agrees to leave England to take a teaching post at a small woman's college in Massachusetts, where his sister's husband is weathering a spate of bad publicity as the college's first male president. A change in continents seems fortuitous. An unfortunate tome on John Donne has left his academic reputation in tatters. His ex-fiance remains keen for him to sign on the dotted line of a marriage license. His scholar father is outraged by the commercial success of his latest murder mystery. Operating under orders from the Provost, Christopher's new colleagues warmly welcome him. His new students do as well. They do not listen to a word he says, but they just adore his accent. Christopher forges the language barrier to connect with 'his girls', only to fall in love with one and put his brother-in-law's neck within inches of the chopping block.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nella Cleary lives in a small New England town with her husband and a megalomaniac cat. She enjoys reading, writing and collecting first editions.
