Book Review: ‘An Academic Affair: A Novel’ By Jodi McAlister

by | Oct 18, 2025 | Books | 0 comments


The book is in stores on Tuesday, November 11th from Atria. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3WauPob

Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher have been school rivals and just don’t like each other for going on 15 years now. They both graduated with PhDs in literature at the same time. For the last eight years, they have lived in the same house as roommates, with 4 other people, and not killed each other. When a position opens up for a new professor, both apply and both are in the final four for the job. If Jonah gets the job, he could move to where his sister lives, with her three kids, and help her out since her husband walked out on her. When Sadie gets the job she notices a clause in the contract for a partner to be hired at the same time. So she offers to marry him so that he can move as well, and they both have jobs now and are married. Well, you know how this goes, they live together, work together and fall for each other. When an issue comes up at work, it could undue everything for them. This is a hot romance novel, the bantering and fighting between the two is a hoot, and the chemistry between them is off the pages. Watching them fall for each other is heartwarming and fun.