Academic Souls by Allison Young

Moving to Scotland was meant to be a clean break.
A quiet promise to myself: focus on my career, heal my heart, and leave men firmly in the past.

No more love. No more heartbreak. Just work, solitude, and the comfort of routine.

Then I met him.

He’s distant and devastatingly magnetic. Gentle one moment, unreadable the next. There’s something timeless in the way he looks at me—like he knows me beyond this lifetime. He feels cold to the touch, vanishes without warning, and yet when he’s near, the world seems to tilt toward him. Toward us.

I try to ignore the pull between us, burying myself in lectures and preparations for the upcoming Pagan moon festival. I tell myself it’s just a distraction. A mistake waiting to happen. But some connections don’t fade when ignored—they deepen, threading themselves through every heartbeat, every breath.

Because love doesn’t always arrive when it’s convenient.
And it doesn’t always belong to the living.

I’m Paisley, a university lecturer who swore off love…
And I’m falling for someone who may cost me everything.

Academic Souls is an adult paranormal romance told in dual POVs, filled with slow-burn desire, ancient magic, and a love that lingers long after death.