{Blog Tour & Review} The Librarian Principle by Helena Hunting (@HelenaHunting)

Annaliese Harper knows that one tiny mistake can jeopardize a career before it’s even begun. Letting your boss find the extensive collection of porn on your personal laptop is one way. Sleeping with him is another. Liese manages to do both.

As the new librarian at a prestigious small-town private high school, Liese is drawn to her sexy, charismatic principal, Ryder Whitehall—an attraction she refuses to acknowledge given their relationship and her recent liberation from a delusional ex-boyfriend.

Liese is certain Ryder’s flirtation is the product of her sex-deprived imagination—until he discovers her digital porn stash during working hours and demands a private meeting. Behind closed doors, their attraction explodes into a dangerous, passionate affair that not only threatens their jobs and reputations, but most of all, their hearts.

Annaliese Harper just moved to the small town of Fullerton from New York City.  She thought that the change in scenery and her new position as librarian at Fullerton Academy of Higher Learning would be just what her career needed.  Until she meets the principal...

Ryder Whitehall is as striking as his name – and he’s the consummate professional.  Liese is successful in hiding her secret crush on him until he accidently catches a glimpse of what’s on her personal laptop.

What started out as a joke between Liese and her best friend, Marissa is now the very thing that could end everything she has worked for.  How can she ever face her colleagues again?

“Sweet mother of all things holy. Am I . . . Are you . . . Is that?”

He released her hand and used the table for support to get a better look at the image. Ryder exhaled a labored breath, and his fingers went to his mouth, tapping at his lip in agitation. Liese couldn’t recall a previous occasion when he’d been anything less than composed and articulate. And she had no justifiable defense for the image. But part of her wanted him to react to it, wanted the wanting to stop so they could just give in already.

“They’re photoshopped,” she repeated.

His gaze lifted, and the heaviness of it made her squirm.

“Yes, you’ve mentioned that already. My question is where the hell did the photos come from?”

“Um, well . . .” Liese hesitated, trying to think of a way to word it without making the situation worse. “It’s . . . it’s difficult to explain.”

“Explain anyway,” he ordered.

Principal Whitehall is more than just a pretty face.  He goes by the book and everyone at FAHL respects him.  But the new librarian is making him lose his grasp on his iron control and things are about to get very complicated.

“You’re so full of yourself.”

“I prefer it when you’re full of me.”

The Librarian Principle is something totally different from Helena Hunting.  It’s a laugh out loud, wickedly sexy escapade that thoroughly entertains!  The characters are quirky and the banter is equal parts mortifying, hot and utterly hilarious. 

I may never look at Photoshop in the same way ever again...

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“I'm sorry, sir.” Liese uncrossed her legs, smoothing her skirt over her thighs. He followed the movement with his eyes. She prayed he wasn't propositioning her as a means to sink the final nail into the coffin of her career, but that the months of pretending the attraction between them didn’t exist had finally come to an end. “I'm not sure I understand.” God, she hoped they were done pretending.

“You're an intelligent woman, Liese. I'm sure you can figure it out.”

She remained silent, trying to ascertain her position. Tucking her chin in, she looked up at him demurely. “So, to paraphrase,” she began in a conspiratorial whisper, “you'd like to have dinner with me so I can tell you about my masturbation habits? Would that be accurate, sir?”

Ryder's eyes widened, evidently not expecting her to be quite so forthright. “When you put it that way—”

“It sounds inappropriate?”

“Everything that's happened between us today has been inappropriate.”

“But—”

Ryder raised his hand to cut her off. “Don't misunderstand me. While I am very aware this is a dangerous path to take, I seem to have lost my ability to give a fuck. And after finding this—” He rose from the chair, gesturing to the laptop. “—I admit I would like to procure several of the other items available on this site. But I have to assume some may already be in your possession, rendering such purchases unnecessary. Again, we could discuss the items you do have as well, if you’d like.”

Liese blinked dumbly at him.

“Sorry, I ramble when I get excited. Of course, you already know that.” He leaned forward, his hands flat on the desk, the tick below his left eye belying his nervousness.

“I really don't know what to say,” Liese replied. Her initial response was to jump at the opportunity, considering she’d been thinking about doing that very thing for ages. But the potential repercussions gave her pause. “Do you often proposition women this way?”

“Do you often doctor pornographic images of your superiors?” he shot back.

Liese rose from her chair, her eyes narrowed as she processed his body language. “Are you trying to blackmail me into fucking you?”

“Do you want to fuck me?”

The question sent a wave of heat through her body. “Do you want to fuck me?” she retorted, because she’d be damned if she was going to admit it first. The time she’d spent dissecting his every glance and touch had driven her insane. The connection between them wasn't in her head, and he should be the one to confirm it.

“Yes, very much, actually.”

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