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THE ENGLISH PROFESSOR Kindle Edition

by Rachel de Vine (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
He was willing to teach. She was eager to learn.

Eleanor
From the moment I first looked into his eyes, I knew I was in trouble. He was a man I found impossible to resist—someone who drew me in like a moth towards the light. He found the part of me that craved the enticement he offered. But our relationship was forbidden. He was my university English Professor and he paid a high price for our affair. But would I pay an even higher price if we never met again?

Dan
I knew I should have walked away, but I was weak. At first it was just the thrill of the illicit sex. But it became so much more—until disaster struck. Our lives were destined to intertwine, but the timing was never right. Had I had lost the love of my life? Could I ever recapture the feelings I only had with her?

Note: This book contains some steamy excerpts. If this offends you, please do not buy.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08CDSYLF7
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 19, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 410 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 206 pages
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    4.8 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

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Rachel de Vine

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Rachel de Vine was the pen name I chose when I began to write romantic stories with an erotic, more adult twist. I also write under the pen name of Juliette Banks, so I hope you check out those books too. I have loved writing since I was a child, even winning a competition for writing, but life intervened and I only returned to writing more recently. I love travel, reading (anything and everything), history, music and family.

I love to write about strong, intelligent and passionate characters, who lead interesting lives. Some of my stories are contemporary, while others are historical. I like to explore the sexuality and sensuality that lurks beneath the surface of most of us, and I often fall in love and lust with my leading male character when I am writing about him. I am a fickle woman though, because as soon as I begin a new book a new male character takes his place. Some of my female lead characters face many challenges throughout their journey, but I always try to end my stories on a positive, happy note. I am an optimist and prefer happy endings.

If you have some comments about my books, or constructive criticism, I would be interested to hear from you.

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Customers find this book to be a satisfying summer read with beautifully written erotic moments and well-developed characters. The story is engaging, with one customer noting how the characters come to life in the narrative. Customers describe it as a page turner.

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Customers find the book engaging and well-written, describing it as a satisfying summer read with substance.

"...are also what one comes to expect from Rachel de Vine's skilled writing, and I particularly loved the London moments and the excitement surrounding..." Read more

"This book is such a fantastic read. The characters are well developed, and the details kept me up at night wanting more of the story...." Read more

"...There's more inner monologues than I like but again enjoyable reading. Not really erotic or romantic but still a page turner." Read more

"...I will not give away the story. It’s a page turner, beautifully written, loving, erotic, happy and sad. Well done, Rachel de Vine...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the erotic content of the book, with one mentioning beautifully written scenes.

"...The English Professor has some beautifully written erotic moments as well, but it's its story line and secondary characters that make de Vine's..." Read more

"...This is a multi-faceted exploration of love, sex, relationships, and being honest about who you are...." Read more

"...It’s a page turner, beautifully written, loving, erotic, happy and sad. Well done, Rachel de Vine...." Read more

"I love Rachel’s books and this new one was also a very good read! Sexy and hot! A great story with strong characters that are so real and relatable...." Read more

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Customers find the characters well developed, with one customer noting the strong female protagonist.

"...Round and interesting characters, the female protagonist is strong, smart, and likable, the male protagonist more likable as the story progresses...." Read more

"This book is such a fantastic read. The characters are well developed, and the details kept me up at night wanting more of the story...." Read more

"...But this author makes it interesting. The secondary characters are very captivating, even the 'no so nice' ones...." Read more

"...Sexy and hot! A great story with strong characters that are so real and relatable. No disappointments with The English Professor!" Read more

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Customers appreciate the story quality of the book, with one customer noting how the characters come to life in the narrative.

"...She is an adept story-teller, and this one has it all! A satisfying summer read of substance!" Read more

"...The main characters, Eleanor and Dan, come to life in the story. Plenty of unexpected twists along the way certainly keep the reader engaged...." Read more

"...Sexy and hot! A great story with strong characters that are so real and relatable. No disappointments with The English Professor!" Read more

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Customers describe the book as a page turner.

"It is a page turner. We meet Eleanor, 21 year old college student, who becomes fascinated by her English professor who becomes fascinated with her...." Read more

"...I will not give away the story. It’s a page turner, beautifully written, loving, erotic, happy and sad. Well done, Rachel de Vine...." Read more

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  • Rosemary
    5.0 out of 5 stars The English Professor is a satisfying summer read of substance!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020
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    With a start that keeps you turning the pages right out the gate, The English Professor is not what one expects from its cover or its opening chapters. It is a beautifully written introspective novel told in first person by two separate points of view over the course of twenty years. It's about discovering one's true desires. But it's also about the obstacles that arise when we settle in life rather than following our true passions or feelings when it comes to love.

    Round and interesting characters, the female protagonist is strong, smart, and likable, the male protagonist more likable as the story progresses. With the ability to get into the minds of both characters, more so the woman's, we can understand the decisions they make, and both scream at them for their stupidity at times and cheer for them at their successes. Without spoilers, there are unexpected twists along the way that keep the reader page-turning and surprised, even when it ends. It even begs for a sequel!

    The settings and descriptions are also what one comes to expect from Rachel de Vine's skilled writing, and I particularly loved the London moments and the excitement surrounding the publishing world a writer only dreams of! The English Professor has some beautifully written erotic moments as well, but it's its story line and secondary characters that make de Vine's novels stand out among her peers. She is an adept story-teller, and this one has it all! A satisfying summer read of substance!
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  • Jeanette
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent page turner!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020
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    This book is such a fantastic read. The characters are well developed, and the details kept me up at night wanting more of the story. This is a multi-faceted exploration of love, sex, relationships, and being honest about who you are. The main characters, Eleanor and Dan, come to life in the story. Plenty of unexpected twists along the way certainly keep the reader engaged. Wonderfully erotic, but not at all vulgar. Rachel de Vine is a truly gifted writer.
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  • ebookluver
    4.0 out of 5 stars IMHO this is not a romance - more like a woman's 20 year exploration of her own sexuality
    Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2020
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    It is a page turner. We meet Eleanor, 21 year old college student, who becomes fascinated by her English professor who becomes fascinated with her. The first quarter of the book seems to be set in the early 60's, she's young and while gifted in writing, she's rather virginal in her sexuality. The Professor deftly turns her on to erotica with the Story of O & a few other erotic books of the time. There's some role playing the scenes in the books and Ellie begins to embrace some light BDSM fun. They end up being caught by the Dean (that's a scene that was well done and shocking) And their entire lives change. While Ellie is allowed to graduate the Professor is kicked out.

    Time marches on....they lose contact....she starts a writing career and working in a bookstore. He had a writing career under a pseudonym that takes off but they go their very separate ways.

    Ellie settles into a weird engagement/marriage with the son of the owner of the bookstore....talk about a life unfulfilled (total not a shock to learn why) ....her writing career takes off.

    Time keeps marching on - 20 years! But this author makes it interesting. The secondary characters are very captivating, even the 'no so nice' ones. And the ending was not a surprise.

    There's more inner monologues than I like but again enjoyable reading. Not really erotic or romantic but still a page turner.
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  • Lover of Books
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the build-up...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2021
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    This story pulled at me as I felt an immense longing for the wasted time. So much time Eleanor and Ben had missed. From the beginning, you can feel the attraction, the chemistry. Right away you know they’re meant for one another. Their paths never lined and it was by far frustrating, but well worth the build-up.
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  • Rebecca Branch
    5.0 out of 5 stars Painfully real and thoroughly satisfying
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2020
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    This is a bittersweet passage of time novel, one of my favorite formats in literature. I will not give away the story. It’s a page turner, beautifully written, loving, erotic, happy and sad. Well done, Rachel de Vine. You had me wondering more than once if this was a memoir.

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  • Mae
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous read!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020
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    I love Rachel’s books and this new one was also a very good read! Sexy and hot! A great story with strong characters that are so real and relatable. No disappointments with The English Professor!
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  • Lucas X. Black
    5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Timing
    Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2020
    This was a great story. It begins with Eleanor in university. Her English professor is Dan, and the two have a brief fling until they're caught. Dan is fired and Eleanor is suspended from school for two weeks. They meet again a year or so later when the book shop where Eleanor works hosts Dan (also a crime novelist) for a book signing, but Dan has a girlfriend. Later, Eleanor, a novelist gaining stardom, marries, and Dan marries soon after, but the two never forgot one another, yearn for one another no matter how much time has passed nor how much distance separates them as they live their lives until ... well, read the book and find out. You'll be delighted with Rachel de Vine's magnificent novel.

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  • Etta Stark
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderfully Written Love Story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2020
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    You know that feeling when you finish a book and then you're a bit sad because it means you can't read that book any more? There's probably a term for it - Reader Drop, or something. Anyway, that's exactly how I felt when I finished Rachel de Vine's The English Professor.

    This is a wonderful book. The story spans twenty years and envelops the reader so completely that by the time you reach the last page, you don't want to leave.

    Eleanor is in her final year of university when she meets English professor, Dan Jamieson. His admiration for her as a talented English student develops into something more and their feelings for one another develop over a mutual love of literature, classic erotica and, eventually, kinky sex.

    Their brief love affair is beautifully described and scorchingly hot. Unfortunately, it is also inevitably doomed. Because he is her professor after all, and recreating scenes from 'The Story of O' with one of the students in your class is generally frowned upon by University authorities.

    The book begins with Eleanor expressing regret for the mistakes of the last twenty years and tells the reader that 'having met up with Dan again', she wanted the opportunity to tell both their stories. This serves as warning from the very first page that the paths of these two protagonists isn't going to be a straightforward journey to sexy, kinky true love.

    And, my god, it really isn't. This book will tie your heart up in knots, then break it and then put it all back together again. In a good way.

    Alongside Eleanor and Dan, there are a host of wonderfully realised supporting characters. The best of which is literary agent, Betty Conway, a no-nonsense lesbian with a fantastic line in dry humour and caustic comments who is nevertheless an understated champion of Eleanor and Dan's love.

    The cover of this book - although very pretty - almost does it a disservice. This isn't a "Seduced by my Sexy Professor" XXXX bit of porny fluff (although to be fair, I do like a bit of porny fluff too sometimes).

    This is a story of love, of life, of missed opportunities and a message to the reader that something that has been lost does not have to stay lost forever.
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  • Elena Ruiz
    5.0 out of 5 stars A fast-paced, compelling read.
    Reviewed in Canada on August 24, 2020
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    A riveting story
    A five-star read
    Captivating and alluring. I couldn't put the book down. A story not to be missed.
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  • Ian Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming story with “wow” steamy moments
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2020
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    I enjoyed this story, a “learning as they go along” romance which spans 20-odd years of the lives of the two characters.

    At the start, they’re a student and her English Professor. It’s written in the style of a memoir, with contributions from both characters. There are some hints early on about drama to come, but not in a way which gives anything away. Some of the sexy scenes are on the kinky side, but these are very nicely written, aren’t explicit, and very relevant to the story and character development.

    A nice bit of saucy romantic escapism – go on, treat yourself!
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  • ChilliDog
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very intelligent, thoughtful, erotic, evocative, thrilling and moving story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2020
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    I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The characters, situations and experiences were very well fleshed out, extremely relatable and engaging on a deeply emotional level. I found this book to be a compelling read all the way through. I was actually incredibly impressed at how much content was packed into it, along with how vivid the descriptions and finer details were.

    The erotic romance interludes within were very believable, stimulating and endearing on many levels. They never once felt forced but did come off as sensual and well observed. The twists that unfolded in the story kept me very keen to want to know more, I became very invested in the fates of everyone and I genuinely wanted to know how their lives were going to turn out in the end. To me that is very important in a piece of writing, if you truly care about the characters and their lives then the author has done a marvellous job to put us right there in the universe they have created.

    Read this book if you want to dive into a very intelligent, thoughtful, erotic, evocative, thrilling and moving story. I definitely want to read a lot more of Rachel's work thanks to this stellar piece of fiction!
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  • PJB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Not at all what I expected...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2020
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    I expected the usual smutty tale of student Professor - how wrong I was, only the begining of the book is to do with that. In fact this is a story full of ethos. It is written in flash back form and has the view point of both characters. There are sexy kinky scenes but these are beautifully written, and not explicit, they are relevant to the tale. I liked the characters, they were well developed, believable and human. I like this authors writing style, especially her slow reveal of the unfolding drama.
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