Given Our History

Kristyn J. Miller

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Given Our History

Given Our History

Kristyn J. Miller

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Description

In this sparkling romance, two professors with a complicated past get a second chance to prove history won't repeat itself.

Assistant professor Clara Fernsby is nothing if not driven. She's wanted to teach history since she was fourteen, and she hasn't let anything stand in her way--not even the love of her life. And it all paid off in the end, because she landed a well-paid position at a private liberal arts college fresh out of grad school, and this year, she's finally up for tenure.

When Theodore Harrison is brought on for the fall semester as a visiting scholar, it's an unexpected blast from Clara's past. She hasn't spoken to Teddy since rejecting him over a phone call ten years ago. Now that he's here, she's reminded of their time together at every turn: autumns spent at a sleepaway camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains, trading battered history books and burned CDs with the quiet, dark-haired boy she once fell in love with.

That boy might've been her best friend, but the man teaching HIST-322 is a total stranger--or so she thinks. As they spend evenings working on a shared project and brainstorming over drinks at a college bar, Clara realizes she's at risk of falling all over again. Given their history, she knows there's every chance he's not interested. But history's all down to interpretation, and this time around, she's got no intentions of repeating it.

About the Author

KRISTYN J. MILLER is the author of Seven Rules for Breaking Hearts and other novels. A lifelong history nerd with a background in museum work, she finally earned her M.A. in history and museum studies at University of New Hampshire in 2023. In between novels, she spends her free time wandering peat bogs, sampling craft beers, and restoring her old colonial house in rural Maine with her husband.

Critical Reviews

"Miller's latest is an enjoyable read that will appeal to fans of academic settings and second-chance romance." --Library Journal

"This book was designed in a lab for me - or, more accurately, a musty History department in an ivy-covered building: competent grown-up protagonists, second-chance-friends-to-lovers story, tweed and elbow patches atmosphere. Miller has created a world I've never read before populated with fully-realized, completely original characters to root for. A beyond satisfying read. My heart is happy. A+. With honors. Summa cum Laude." -Julia Whelan, internationally bestselling author of My Oxford Year and Thank You for Listening

''Readers are going to fall in love with Clara and Teddy's years-spanning love story, filled with delicious nostalgia, laugh-out-loud nerdiness, and sizzling romance. A must read!'' - N.S. Perkins, bestselling author of The Infinity Between Us

"Given Our History is second chance romance, ivy-covered academia, and complicated family history at its sweetest and most heartwarming." - Trish Doller, internationally bestselling author of Float Plan

"Sweet and sweeping, Miller's Given Our History is the perfect study in how our longest held feelings can lead us into life's loveliest surprises. A masterclass in nostalgia and second-chances crafted into an emotional and charming romance." - Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Roughest Draft

Publishing Information

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pub date: 2024-08-27
Length: 320 pages

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