Twenty-one-year-old college senior Tessa Holland carries a dangerous obsession that could tear her family apart. For years, she has harbored an unspoken attraction to Jared, a commanding literature professor who happens to be her father's closest lifelong companion. Tessa attempts to maintain a respectful distance, but an uninhibited evening of emotional vulnerability crosses academic boundaries and results in a passionate encounter they cannot take back.
The morning after forces both into a tense masquerade across crowded campus seminar rooms and family dinner tables. Jared tries to re-establish professional boundaries to safeguard his career and honor his friendship, but their mutual magnetism only intensifies under pressure. With prying classmates and Tessa's suspicious father watching closely, their illicit affair threatens to trigger a devastating personal scandal.
