Cover of The Place Between

The Place Between

Kit Oliver

contemporary romance(3k)

Ned needs his nemesis professor to fake-date him through grad school — and somehow not fall for real.

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Will Ned finally get a relationship right - even if it's fake? Ned’s exhausted from his divorce, single parenting, and graduate school, so when his boss comes up with a plan to improve work-life balance, Ned wants no part of it. But Dr. Charles Henry Abbot, PhD has other ideas. Once Ned’s least favorite professor and now his infuriating colleague, Ned needs Abbot’s help editing his dissertation. With their newly limited work schedules, Abbot suggests the worst idea Ned’s ever heard: pretend to date. Convince their co-workers – and their boss – that they’re in a relationship and nailing this whole personal life thing . . . and each other. It’s an awful idea, but, if it means a graduation cap, would faking a relationship be worth it, so Ned can finish his degree and move home to his daughter? The Place Between is a steamy, m/m romance novel. If you like enemies to lovers, fake dating, and the thin line between bickering and flirting, then you’ll love this fast paced romance.

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