Assistant professor Clara Fernsby has 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. 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. 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, 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.

Join us on Thursday, June 5th, from 6:30 to 7:30pm for an author talk with Kristyn J. Miller. Kristyn will offer a reading from her most recent novel, Given Our History, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

KRISTYN J. MILLER is a Maine-based romance author published in six languages. She gravitates toward telling stories with lush settings, upbeat humor, and realistic, flawed heroines.