The Bristol Scholar

One risky romance can ruin a woman...

1884. Bristol, England.

Twenty-year-old Evangeline Moore has endured three tedious seasons in London at her family's behest. Bold, intelligent, and aspirational, Evangeline wants nothing to do with husband-hunting. So, finally granted freedom to choose her future, she seizes the opportunity to attend University College, Bristol.

But life in academia isn’t everything Evangeline had dreamed. She suffers segregation, discrimination, and mockery—none worse than from her enigmatic history teacher. Brooding and strict, he awakens an inconvenient attraction that Evangeline struggles to quell.

At war with herself over her infatuation and her need to focus on her education, Evangeline tries to navigate new friendships with fellow students—Sidney, a dangerously passionate man, and Flo, a dauntless woman with a dark secret.

As temptation overflows into risky reality, a brutal betrayal dashes Evangeline’s dreams. Her heart has always been set on academia, but is love worth losing everything else?