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    "description": "<p>An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fianc&eacute; has just become the president of her college&mdash;and her new boss&mdash;in this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen&rsquo;s classic Persuasion. Anne Corey is about to get schooled. An English professor in California, she&rsquo;s determined to score a position on the coveted tenure track at her college. All she&rsquo;s got to do is get a book deal, snag a promotion, and boom! She&rsquo;s in. But then Adam Martinez&mdash;her first love and ex-fianc&eacute;&mdash;shows up as the college&rsquo;s new president. Anne should be able to keep herself distracted. After all, she&rsquo;s got a book to write, an aging father to take care of, and a new romance developing with the college&rsquo;s insanely hot writer-in-residence. But no matter where she turns, there&rsquo;s Adam, as smart and sexy as ever. As the school year advances and her long-buried feelings begin to resurface, Anne begins to wonder whether she just might get a second chance at love. Funny, smart, and full of heart, this modern ode to Jane Austen&rsquo;s classic explores what happens when we run into the demons of our past...and when they turn out not to be so bad, after all.</p>",
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