Fundamentals of being a good girl / Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone.

By:

Murphy, Julie, 1985- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Simone, Sierra [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Academic affairs novel ; [1]Publisher: New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2026]Copyright date: ©2026Edition: First editionDescription: 403 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780063338371

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Romance fiction.

DDC classification:

813/.6 23/eng/20260106

Summary: "Maddie Kowalczk is ready to be a bad girl. When the rookie lecturer lands at Astra University, she's looking to start fresh after a messy breakup. But her first night in town takes a twist when she bumps into Bram Loe--a reserved but incredibly handsome single dad she (not so accidentally) stole a parking spot from earlier that day. The unspoken chemistry as he locks eyes with her while she gets a birthday spanking at a local bar is hotter than a Bunsen burner at full flame. Bram is looking for a break from his hectic life as an ecology professor and dad to rambunctious twins and a busy teenager. So when his college friend's divorce celebration brings him face-to-face with the same delectable brat who stole his parking spot, he's ready for a night to remember. But the next morning, Bram's world turns upside down (and that's not just the hangover talking). His new nanny? None other than Maddie, who also happens to be the new poli-sci adjunct at the university where he teaches. Maddie is desperate and broke, so when Bram offers her a raise and the chance to set some ground rules, she can't say no. As the two settle into their new roles, the normally unruffled Bram finds that no one riles him up like Maddie does, which is a problem when every argument feels like foreplay. Of course, Bram is an educator first and foremost, and he very quickly finds he can't resist the temptation of instructing Maddie in the fundamentals of being a good girl. And it turns out Maddie's a hands-on learner"-- Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC MURPHY	Checked out	02/10/2026	36748002635839

Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This deluxe hardcover edition will feature stenciled edges and illustrated endpapers.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone comes a brand-new college town raunch-com about a sexy single dad professor and a feisty law school grad turned nanny in this steamy tale of Academic Affairs...
Class is in session.
Maddie Kowalczk is ready to be a bad girl. When the rookie lecturer lands at Astra University, she's looking to start fresh after a messy breakup. But her first night in town takes a twist when she bumps into Bram Loe--a reserved but incredibly handsome single dad she (not so accidentally) stole a parking spot from earlier that day. The unspoken chemistry as he locks eyes with her while she gets a birthday spanking at a local bar is hotter than a Bunsen burner at full flame.
Bram is looking for a break from his hectic life as an ecology professor and dad to rambunctious twins and a busy teenager. So when his college friend's divorce celebration brings him face-to-face with the same delectable brat who stole his parking spot, he's ready for a night to remember. But the next morning, Bram's world turns upside down (and that's not just the hangover talking). His new nanny? None other than Maddie, who also happens to be the new poli-sci adjunct at the university where he teaches.
Maddie is desperate and broke, so when Bram offers her a raise and the chance to set some ground rules, she can't say no. As the two settle into their new roles, the normally unruffled Bram finds that no one riles him up like Maddie does, which is a problem when every argument feels like foreplay. Of course, Bram is an educator first and foremost, and he very quickly finds he can't resist the temptation of instructing Maddie in the fundamentals of being a good girl.
And it turns out Maddie's a hands-on learner...
TROPES

Single Dad Nanny x Boss Small Town Romance "Light Academia"

"A novel"--Cover.

"Maddie Kowalczk is ready to be a bad girl. When the rookie lecturer lands at Astra University, she's looking to start fresh after a messy breakup. But her first night in town takes a twist when she bumps into Bram Loe--a reserved but incredibly handsome single dad she (not so accidentally) stole a parking spot from earlier that day. The unspoken chemistry as he locks eyes with her while she gets a birthday spanking at a local bar is hotter than a Bunsen burner at full flame. Bram is looking for a break from his hectic life as an ecology professor and dad to rambunctious twins and a busy teenager. So when his college friend's divorce celebration brings him face-to-face with the same delectable brat who stole his parking spot, he's ready for a night to remember. But the next morning, Bram's world turns upside down (and that's not just the hangover talking). His new nanny? None other than Maddie, who also happens to be the new poli-sci adjunct at the university where he teaches. Maddie is desperate and broke, so when Bram offers her a raise and the chance to set some ground rules, she can't say no. As the two settle into their new roles, the normally unruffled Bram finds that no one riles him up like Maddie does, which is a problem when every argument feels like foreplay. Of course, Bram is an educator first and foremost, and he very quickly finds he can't resist the temptation of instructing Maddie in the fundamentals of being a good girl. And it turns out Maddie's a hands-on learner"-- Provided by publisher.

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Publishers Weekly Review

In this winning romp, bestsellers Murphy and Simone (A Merry Little Meet Cute) perfectly balance heat and sweet. Recent law school grad Maddie Kowalczk has just been dumped by her politician boyfriend when she leaves Los Angeles for Kansas's Astra University, where she'll be a political science lecturer and nanny on the side. Having been a "good girl" all her life, Maddie decides, on her first night in town, to try on being bad, leading her to a red-hot hookup in a local bar. The next day, however, she's shocked when she shows up to the childcare gig that the university arranged for her and finds the client, a single father, is her one-night stand, Astra ecology professor Bram Loe. He needs help with his first-grade twins and teenage daughter, but will he and Maddie be able to keep things professional? Bram is usually "the guy for whom the term unruffled was invented," but Maddie gets under his skin like no one else, which leads to some scorchingly erotic, lightly kinky sex scenes. It's easy to fall for the endearing leads, and the supporting cast is just as charming, especially Bram's friend "Joey Fucking Kemp," who provides humorous footnotes snarkily commenting on Bram's love life throughout the novel. Raunchy, funny, and ultimately heartfelt, this is rom-com gold. (Jan.)