The Wayward Hearts of Oxford

Alicia Jenkins can get lost almost anywhere, including the campus she has attended for months. When a handsome stranger asks her for directions near Oxford’s Faculty of Classics, she guesses with confidence and sends him the wrong way, only to discover fifteen minutes later that he is Brian Fortune, her new lecturer. What begins as mortifying embarrassment turns into a strange academic duel, with Brian calling on her in class, Alicia trying to survive his sharp attention, and both of them slowly realizing they share the same hopeless sense of direction. A misleading midterm study guide, class suspicion, a possible BBC assistant role, and one very confusing walk through the Cherwell Maze force Alicia to see Brian as more than a distant authority figure. The Wayward Hearts of Oxford is a charming campus romance about pride, mistakes, ambition, and two lost people discovering that the right companion can make even a maze feel like a beginning.