Patience Winters' world is about to turn upside down. After two years as personal assistant to the stern and striking Professor Richmond at the Women's Academy, her term is about to end. Achingly in love with him, Patience longs for the professor to give her a reason to stay. Desperate for some hint he might feel the same way, Patience steals a peek at her mentor's secret journal and discovers his scandalous fantasies. But how can she let the professor know she's in on his secret? Her typical breathless "yes, Professor" has never meant so much.