Fall Semester

Fall Semester

A depressed English professor finds love in the most unlikely place in Stephanie Fournet's emotional debut novel, <i>Fall Semester</i>.<br /><br />Despite his stunning good looks, Dr. Malcolm Vashal is perhaps the most detested professor on campus. A floundering career and the aftershocks of a painful divorce have left the thirty-four-year-old with more than a little self-loathing, which only grows when he meets Maren Gardner. <div><br /><div></div><div>The graduate student with the loyal heart and searching eyes is much too good for him. She is off-limits for more reasons than one, but Malcolm can't seem to resist her.<div><br />Maren is facing the greatest loss of her life, and her family needs her now more than ever. </div><div></div><div>Between caring for them and building her future, Maren doesn't have time for a social life, much less a relationship, but she can't push a certain green-eyed professor from her mind. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>She sees in him a goodness that others don't, but that might not be enough.</div><div></div><div>As the two discover each other, their blossoming friendship soon turns into something more, but self-doubts, family tragedy, and personal demons stand in their way.<br /><br />Can they overcome these odds and share a love that each desperately needs? Or will the end of the semester find them heartbroken? </div></div> </div>