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Expelled
Tessa is broken over the death of her sister and she finds solace in her professor.
Ian is broken over the death of his wife and child, and he too finds solace in Tessa.
The problem? He’s her professor and she’s his new teaching assistant. This can’t end well, or can it? Can love heal two broken souls?
Ian is broken over the death of his wife and child, and he too finds solace in Tessa.
The problem? He’s her professor and she’s his new teaching assistant. This can’t end well, or can it? Can love heal two broken souls?
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Published January 3, 2018
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January 28, 2018
“A Single Dad Standalone Romance”… NOT! Lack of proper research disappointing, too.
Sorry, but the title does NOT reflect the story because (sorry for the spoiler) the child is DEAD. Tragic, yes. Misleading, absolutely. I felt like I was in a bait-and-switch situation!
This romance novel is your typical illicit professor-grad student affair. Not to say university affairs are predictable (other than for the fact that they are usually illegal hence the blood pressure-spiking taboo of such relationships), but there is always a lot of different takes that can be done to enhance such naughty connections. Despite how much I really like the main characters, I could not get pass the obvious ignorance of the university system this author displayed. (Only a small percentage of undergrads continue on to get their masters, and that’s no sin. The only sin here is not doing the proper research which only highlights missed opportunities for the writer.)
Length: Short novel length… just barely.
Character development: On the most part, I felt this was far better than others. As should be expected, you get to know the characters little by little, and you can watch the evolution of their relationship develop step-by-step. I am so glad that Claire Adams avoided the HUGE emotional swings from one end of the spectrum to the other of “Doing Great!” and “I’ll Never Speak to Him Again!” This really isn’t very realistic unless we’re dealing with a couple with serious personality disorders, and these books are hardly enjoyable to read. I love the hot-cold perceptions and the frustrations that usually happen – even the little tit-for-tat which is SO typical in flirtations. I felt Adams did a far better job in looking into the head of a guy with an ugly past – Ian – and how he was dealing with the grief of losing his entire immediate family (his wife and child). Boy, was I surprised towards the end to know the entire truth and the reason for his angst and guilt that riddle his behavior.
Emotional factor: This is why this book didn’t get a ZERO stars. Adams made me really like these two. Ian’s not über-rich. Tessa isn’t playing the virginal damsel in distress. Even though a lot of novels like using the infatuation-at-first-sight technique, this one was more believable because we are dealing with two people dealing with harshness of grief, and invariably, these two will gravitate to each other as it does happen in real life. Instead of a rollercoaster ride, their relationship growth was like a big wave developing into a giant tsunami. I loved this!
Speed of action: Sure and steady. No rushing or really slow parts.
Predictability: This story did have its interesting twists and turns. Nothing earth-shaking but delightful to say the least.
Credibility issues: Okay, this is why this story needed an editor (or a better one). If I had to base my review strictly on believability, I would give it the ZERO stars I hinted to earlier.
(1) Is the restaurant Rico’s or Chico’s? There’s a problem with consistency here.
(2) There is a TERRIBLE time-line problem. Ian states that he and Jake, his younger brother, lost their parents six years prior right after Jake graduated from high school. Now Jake is a practicing lawyer… HUH?? Even if it only took him four years to do undergrad and take the LSAT, he would only be a second-year law student, not arguing cases in court. A grave research error.
(3) Ms. Adams, in what university can you go to where four years of post-grad classes gets you a master’s degree? Uh… none to my knowledge. Most grad students take much longer than just four years (unless you’re a Renaissance woman like the two I know who did double-masters in four and double-PhDs in five!). You have to take the courses. You have to search and grovel to get a professor to be your thesis mentor, and you become his/her laboratory grunt, working on your master’s thesis while working on his/her own research (usually more than three or four full articles at the expense of your time and hard work). You usually don’t do your thesis in one easy shot because you will usually find errors in your hypotheses and have to go back a bit or even start all over about a totally different subject! (Not to mention making sure no one else has written about your topic.) Writing it isn’t fun or fast, and don’t forget all the statistical analyses that have to be done. (The drudgery of the number-crunching game is horrible, and if you’re not a genius with computers and numbers, this takes a while. And let’s hope the numbers come back statistically significant, or it’s back to the ol’ drawing board once again.) Then you have to wait for your thesis professor to read it… and then you have to go back and make corrections (or start all over). Then it’s time to hardbound your paper (and this takes time), schedule and present your thesis argument in front of your thesis committee and wait for their response. (You could STILL have to go back to the drawing board even at this point!) Then, if you’re lucky, you win your thesis argument, and then you have to go through the paperwork to get your masters. I saw NOTHING that even resembled any paper or the ton of work required.
(4) I married a marine biologist. We met in my second undergrad year and were in the same department. I know Ian wouldn’t have had Tessa assigned to him to grade papers and help with lecture presentations. She would had been HIS laboratory grunt working on her own thesis paper and his research. She would also most likely head the lab portion of the class because we’re talking biological science, folks. There is ALWAYS a lab to a required credit course. Field trips do not substitute.
(5) We have a saying in the marine biology field: “If you’re not spending half your life in or on the water, you’re doing something very wrong.” I kept waiting to see these two do some kind of scuba or snorkel as part of the post-grad work. Ian and Tessa would have been great dive buddies, and that could had been a great little writing detail!
(6) Most university rules regarding relationships will usually allow undergrads with undergrads, post-grads with post-grads (within reason), and professors with professors (but not always), but that’s that! This is usually the rule within departments though some universities might be flexible if relationships are between totally different departments, but this is rare. Jake’s legal argument is just nonsense. Any accusations of such illegal relationships would normally go through an investigation process because universities have to cover their asses when they mete out punishment or when they decide to take no action. Their own lawyers would be all over this. However, Claire Adams did get the old, spiteful, dried-out female dean down pretty well. These testosterone-poisoned women do exist, especially at my own university. (Long story…)
Grammar and technical errors: If there is something I can’t stand is multiple paragraphs of dialogue by the same person which makes it hell to figure out who’s talking if there are more than one person involved. Combine these paragraphs or figure a better way to do it. Yes, I know you can do this when talking about different subjects or in the case of long expositions, but this is considered bad manners in the writing world. There is the usual smattering of misspellings and punctuation errors. Adams needed a editor to clean these up. It is NOT a sin for a writer to have these in the original manuscript. It IS a sin when it’s not taken care of before publication. These are just technical matters that are easy to clean up and doesn’t change the story, just make it look so much more professional.
If this story had been better researched, Claire Adams could have incorporated additional plots, better plot lines, interesting plot complications, and other exciting tidbits that would have made for a much improved, more exciting story with more punch. Yes, I wanted to see more! There was so much potential. Unfortunately, this story only demonstrated how little this author knows about the university system, and this was a grave error. Get an editor or a better one! I would have been so embarrassed as a writer. Again, it isn’t a sin to ask for help!!
Sorry, but the title does NOT reflect the story because (sorry for the spoiler) the child is DEAD. Tragic, yes. Misleading, absolutely. I felt like I was in a bait-and-switch situation!
This romance novel is your typical illicit professor-grad student affair. Not to say university affairs are predictable (other than for the fact that they are usually illegal hence the blood pressure-spiking taboo of such relationships), but there is always a lot of different takes that can be done to enhance such naughty connections. Despite how much I really like the main characters, I could not get pass the obvious ignorance of the university system this author displayed. (Only a small percentage of undergrads continue on to get their masters, and that’s no sin. The only sin here is not doing the proper research which only highlights missed opportunities for the writer.)
Length: Short novel length… just barely.
Character development: On the most part, I felt this was far better than others. As should be expected, you get to know the characters little by little, and you can watch the evolution of their relationship develop step-by-step. I am so glad that Claire Adams avoided the HUGE emotional swings from one end of the spectrum to the other of “Doing Great!” and “I’ll Never Speak to Him Again!” This really isn’t very realistic unless we’re dealing with a couple with serious personality disorders, and these books are hardly enjoyable to read. I love the hot-cold perceptions and the frustrations that usually happen – even the little tit-for-tat which is SO typical in flirtations. I felt Adams did a far better job in looking into the head of a guy with an ugly past – Ian – and how he was dealing with the grief of losing his entire immediate family (his wife and child). Boy, was I surprised towards the end to know the entire truth and the reason for his angst and guilt that riddle his behavior.
Emotional factor: This is why this book didn’t get a ZERO stars. Adams made me really like these two. Ian’s not über-rich. Tessa isn’t playing the virginal damsel in distress. Even though a lot of novels like using the infatuation-at-first-sight technique, this one was more believable because we are dealing with two people dealing with harshness of grief, and invariably, these two will gravitate to each other as it does happen in real life. Instead of a rollercoaster ride, their relationship growth was like a big wave developing into a giant tsunami. I loved this!
Speed of action: Sure and steady. No rushing or really slow parts.
Predictability: This story did have its interesting twists and turns. Nothing earth-shaking but delightful to say the least.
Credibility issues: Okay, this is why this story needed an editor (or a better one). If I had to base my review strictly on believability, I would give it the ZERO stars I hinted to earlier.
(1) Is the restaurant Rico’s or Chico’s? There’s a problem with consistency here.
(2) There is a TERRIBLE time-line problem. Ian states that he and Jake, his younger brother, lost their parents six years prior right after Jake graduated from high school. Now Jake is a practicing lawyer… HUH?? Even if it only took him four years to do undergrad and take the LSAT, he would only be a second-year law student, not arguing cases in court. A grave research error.
(3) Ms. Adams, in what university can you go to where four years of post-grad classes gets you a master’s degree? Uh… none to my knowledge. Most grad students take much longer than just four years (unless you’re a Renaissance woman like the two I know who did double-masters in four and double-PhDs in five!). You have to take the courses. You have to search and grovel to get a professor to be your thesis mentor, and you become his/her laboratory grunt, working on your master’s thesis while working on his/her own research (usually more than three or four full articles at the expense of your time and hard work). You usually don’t do your thesis in one easy shot because you will usually find errors in your hypotheses and have to go back a bit or even start all over about a totally different subject! (Not to mention making sure no one else has written about your topic.) Writing it isn’t fun or fast, and don’t forget all the statistical analyses that have to be done. (The drudgery of the number-crunching game is horrible, and if you’re not a genius with computers and numbers, this takes a while. And let’s hope the numbers come back statistically significant, or it’s back to the ol’ drawing board once again.) Then you have to wait for your thesis professor to read it… and then you have to go back and make corrections (or start all over). Then it’s time to hardbound your paper (and this takes time), schedule and present your thesis argument in front of your thesis committee and wait for their response. (You could STILL have to go back to the drawing board even at this point!) Then, if you’re lucky, you win your thesis argument, and then you have to go through the paperwork to get your masters. I saw NOTHING that even resembled any paper or the ton of work required.
(4) I married a marine biologist. We met in my second undergrad year and were in the same department. I know Ian wouldn’t have had Tessa assigned to him to grade papers and help with lecture presentations. She would had been HIS laboratory grunt working on her own thesis paper and his research. She would also most likely head the lab portion of the class because we’re talking biological science, folks. There is ALWAYS a lab to a required credit course. Field trips do not substitute.
(5) We have a saying in the marine biology field: “If you’re not spending half your life in or on the water, you’re doing something very wrong.” I kept waiting to see these two do some kind of scuba or snorkel as part of the post-grad work. Ian and Tessa would have been great dive buddies, and that could had been a great little writing detail!
(6) Most university rules regarding relationships will usually allow undergrads with undergrads, post-grads with post-grads (within reason), and professors with professors (but not always), but that’s that! This is usually the rule within departments though some universities might be flexible if relationships are between totally different departments, but this is rare. Jake’s legal argument is just nonsense. Any accusations of such illegal relationships would normally go through an investigation process because universities have to cover their asses when they mete out punishment or when they decide to take no action. Their own lawyers would be all over this. However, Claire Adams did get the old, spiteful, dried-out female dean down pretty well. These testosterone-poisoned women do exist, especially at my own university. (Long story…)
Grammar and technical errors: If there is something I can’t stand is multiple paragraphs of dialogue by the same person which makes it hell to figure out who’s talking if there are more than one person involved. Combine these paragraphs or figure a better way to do it. Yes, I know you can do this when talking about different subjects or in the case of long expositions, but this is considered bad manners in the writing world. There is the usual smattering of misspellings and punctuation errors. Adams needed a editor to clean these up. It is NOT a sin for a writer to have these in the original manuscript. It IS a sin when it’s not taken care of before publication. These are just technical matters that are easy to clean up and doesn’t change the story, just make it look so much more professional.
If this story had been better researched, Claire Adams could have incorporated additional plots, better plot lines, interesting plot complications, and other exciting tidbits that would have made for a much improved, more exciting story with more punch. Yes, I wanted to see more! There was so much potential. Unfortunately, this story only demonstrated how little this author knows about the university system, and this was a grave error. Get an editor or a better one! I would have been so embarrassed as a writer. Again, it isn’t a sin to ask for help!!
March 11, 2018
Ian takes a teaching position at a local university. He is trying to get his life back together after the loss of his wife and child in a freak accident. He gets a teaching assistant named Tessa who lost her sister eight months ago. Ian begins opening up to Tessa. They start a friendship and he cannot get her out of his mind. Relationships between students and professors are strictly forbidden and against the rules of the University. As Ian goes along teaching, Tessa and he became closer. They try not to act on their feelings but eventually Ian breaks down and kisses her. Tessa gives in to her feelings for Ian. A hurricane threatens to hit the area where the University is located. Ian wants Tessa to come stay with him until the hurricane blows over. When Tessa arrives at Ian’s, another student who is stalking Ian, takes a picture of Tessa entering Ian’s house. Then she reports their relationship to the University. This is a great read and it follows Ian and Tessa through emotional healing of loss and reconnection through others.
--Jay
--Jay
January 23, 2018
Expelled
Ian has lost his wife and daughter in a freak accident. So when he finally goes to work teaching a college class his assistant Tessa can't stop coming up in his mind. Tessa has lost her sister Talia eight months ago. As Ian's assistant she knows is a no no but, she can't stop her feelings for him. Is this a good idea? Great read couldn't put down till finished. This book includes six extra stories. The first extra book is called Billionaire's Vegas Night with Gabriel and Luna. The second extra book is called Cowboy Roomie with Cash and Hailey. The third extra book is called Daddy next door with Vivien and Everett. The fourth extra book is called Billionaire in hiding with Garrett and Sarah. The fifth extra book is called Billionaire in rehab with Cassidy and Erik. The last extra book is called Broken Box Set with Jet and Natalie.
Ian has lost his wife and daughter in a freak accident. So when he finally goes to work teaching a college class his assistant Tessa can't stop coming up in his mind. Tessa has lost her sister Talia eight months ago. As Ian's assistant she knows is a no no but, she can't stop her feelings for him. Is this a good idea? Great read couldn't put down till finished. This book includes six extra stories. The first extra book is called Billionaire's Vegas Night with Gabriel and Luna. The second extra book is called Cowboy Roomie with Cash and Hailey. The third extra book is called Daddy next door with Vivien and Everett. The fourth extra book is called Billionaire in hiding with Garrett and Sarah. The fifth extra book is called Billionaire in rehab with Cassidy and Erik. The last extra book is called Broken Box Set with Jet and Natalie.
January 6, 2018
I found this story a little slower paced to start than Ms Adams normal writings. This may have been in respect for the grief being portrayed, and the establishment of the debilitating influence that grief hah had on the lives of the two main characters.
Other than the slow build up, it was what I have come to anticipate in Ms Adams' books. A great storyline and chemistry between the characters.
I have reviewed this book voluntarily after reading an advanced copy.
Other than the slow build up, it was what I have come to anticipate in Ms Adams' books. A great storyline and chemistry between the characters.
I have reviewed this book voluntarily after reading an advanced copy.
January 6, 2018
A diff student teach book
Wow love this a student teacher loses her sister and the prof that the class she’s helping is still getting over losing his family but will this forbidden relation ruin both their careers.
Wow love this a student teacher loses her sister and the prof that the class she’s helping is still getting over losing his family but will this forbidden relation ruin both their careers.
January 10, 2018
Yet again Claire Adams has written a beautiful steamy read that captivated the reader from start to finish. It is a sweet and emotional read that will make you laugh and cry. I highly recomend this book.
It is a standalone book with no cliffhangers.
I voluntairly read an ARC of this book.
It is a standalone book with no cliffhangers.
I voluntairly read an ARC of this book.
April 23, 2018
I couldn't finish till the end very boring first time I didn't want to finish a book all the way. It really bored me
July 15, 2018
Clair Adams did it again best series ever
Love the books and the series can't wait to read more of claire Adams books love to read contemporary romance books
Love the books and the series can't wait to read more of claire Adams books love to read contemporary romance books
March 8, 2025
This book was a good student/teacher book, well actually it’s a class assistant/teacher book. Either way it was a good storyline and the characters were likeable. A fantastic performance.
January 14, 2018
Not what I expected but I enjoyed this read.
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