Jonah Fisher and Sadie Shaw are brilliant. They have each achieved the highest levels of scholarship in their fields of literature after sharing all 13 years of their education, starting with their first class together as undergrads, and continuing all the way through their doctoral program. It would be an understatement to say they are academic rivals. But Jonah comes from and elite, overachieving academic family, and Sadie is a hard-working orphaned daughter whose sister sacrifices everything she can to make sure Sadie realizes her dream.
The problem comes when the rivals must find a way to make a living in the highly competitive academic world, both wanting full professorships in a tight market where only a few positions ever open up. When they find they are both applying for the same job, in a location Jonah needs to support his beloved, abandoned sister, and Sadie needs because the job is open to her less than traditional specialty, the competition heats up.
But when Sadie wins, she can’t leave well enough alone.
This book is a great enemy to friend romance, particularly for anyone who’s had to suffer toxic academia. The characters are fully formed, with just enough vocabulary, and footnotes! to authenticate the situation. Set in Australia, the reader learns that toxicity is as universal as a good romance. An Academic Affair was published November 14, 2025, by Atria books. Thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for the review copy.
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