Twenty-eight-year-old Dr. Marcus Monroe has spent his entire life fighting for control. After earning his doctorate in chemistry, he lands a prestigious teaching position at an Ivy League university where one mistake could destroy the career he sacrificed everything to build.

Then he meets Damian Cross.

Twenty-three, rich, reckless, and infamous across campus for his boxing career and arrogance, Damian is the kind of student Marcus should avoid at all costs. He skips lectures, starts fights, breaks rules, and treats authority like a challenge. Beneath the charm and expensive suits, though, Damian is brilliant — and Marcus realizes that far too quickly.