The Latinist

A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo myth,The Latinist is a page-turning exploration of powerambitionand the intertwining of love and obsession. Tessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. And nowhis support is the one thing she can rely on: her job search has yielded nothingand her devotion to her work has just cost her her boyfriendBen. Yet shortly before her thesis defenseTessa learns that Chris has sabotaged her career–and realizes their relationship is not at all what she believed. Driven by what he mistakes as love for TessaChris has ensured that no other institution will offer her a positionkeeping her at Oxford with him. His tactics grow more invasive as he determines to prove he has her best interests at heart. MeanwhileTessa scrambles to undo the damage–and in the process makes a startling discovery about an obscure second-century Latin poet that could launch her into academic stardomfinally freeing her from Chris’s influence. A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo mythThe Latinist is a page-turning exploration of powerambitionand the intertwining of love and obsession.