She has to choose between the job she's trained for years to get, and the man she's grown to love. Anne MacDiarmid wants desperately to be a history professor. But after getting her PhD and spending time in an increasingly competitive job market, all she's got is a one-year appointment at Rosewell University in central Virginia. She's applying to positions all over the country, knowing that every job is getting dozens of applicants, and that if she doesn't get a tenure-track position this year, she likely never will. She can't afford to put anything else ahead of pursuing her goal. But there's a problem: namely, Tommy Choi, all black leather jackets and blue-collar work. He isn't interested in academia. Or in leaving his hometown and his parents behind when they need him. But he is interested in Anne. And she, to her own surprise, is more attracted to him than she's been to anyone in a long time. What's supposed to be a time-limited, no-strings-attached fling turns into something deeper, until both Anne and Tommy have to decide whether to pursue their goals, or follow their hearts…