Much Ado about Love: A Sweet Romantic Comedy, written by Becca Wilhite
He lives with his nose in a copy of Shakespeare’s complete works. She lives in the real world, if the real world is a haunted library.
Hank Grantham, Chamberlain Academy’s favorite English teacher, has a secret. He’s crazy about a woman he’s only known online: a poet who sees right to the soul of things. There’s no chance he’s going to meet her, because she’s firm about keeping things strictly professional. That doesn’t stop him from memorizing her words, picturing her whispering them to him, and imagining what his world would be like if WoodSprite was here, in person. Since that’s not going to happen, he can just adore her from a distance. This could be a perfect situation, if it weren’t for the fact that he’s also developing a mighty crush on Chamberlain’s librarian, Desi Chappell.
Desi knows that the best way to wreck a relationship is to mix work and love. That’s what ruined her parents’ marriage and left her mom with practically nothing, scraped raw and desperate to teach her daughter better. Desi learned, all right. And no matter how much her heart is leaning toward Hank Grantham, with his look of constant wonder and his charming British accent, she’s stronger than her feelings of attraction. Besides, she knows what he doesn’t–that the two of them are already deeply involved. Online.
When Wanda Chamberlain recruits them for a family research project, Hank finds it increasingly difficult to keep his feelings for Desi professional. And Desi must remind herself, daily, hourly, that it’s a terrible idea to get involved with someone at work. Can Hank choose between the woman he loves online and the one standing in front of him? Can Desi move past her very logical fears and tell Hank the truth?