I’ve been looking forward to Sheilagh’s story since I was first introduced to her. She’s a beautiful and an insanely smart woman with a wild streak, and she’s completely in love with the wrong person. At 24, Sheilagh is convinced to go away to school, leaving her small town and huge McCullough family behind. Her older philosophy professor sees her high intellect and knows she not showing her true brilliance in her writings. Alec pushes her for more academically and uncovers some hidden truths of Sheilagh’s mental health. This story is deep and insightful, rich with philosophical views that make this a true joy to read. Lucinda Gainey had a mature voice that adds depth to this age gap, forbidden love story.

A steamy and taboo romance between a professor and his student.
I can’t say that I liked this book as much as other of the author’s in the past. I think the age gap difference has showed how much of immature she was and came out quite unrealistic at times.
Not my favourite but I’m in for another try as we can’t love them all at all times

Very grateful to the publisher and author for my review copy

This is a good book. The two main characters are Sheilagh and Alec. Sheilagh is a college student. Alec is a professor at the college. Sheilagh is in Alec’s class. She drops out of the class once she and Alec is an item. They both have issues but together they work them out and get married.

A scandalous romance about a young student and an older professor.

Rebellious Sheilagh is cleaning up her act and finally going to college. Dr. Alec Devereux finds his ethics and morals tested by Sheilagh. He may just break the rules for her and risk his entire career. The tension between them grows until unresolved family issues threaten to keep them apart.

This is a quick, fast paced read about a taboo topic and lots of steam. As with many of Michaels other books, it felt rushed and the romance seemed to be quick to develop as did all the drama. But it works as a fun weekend beach read. The two main characters were my least favorite of her books. Sheilagh was supposed to read as feisty and uncompromising but often came off as annoying and immature. The two are complete opposites in many ways, which is what draws them together but also causes many of their problems.

I get that love makes us do crazy things, but Alex, the smart and logical upstanding gentleman risking his job for a younger girl seemed a little out of character. In the end, romance fans should give it a try!

This book fell flat for me.
i do not understand Sheilagh's attachment to Tristan. I understand the crush as girl on the brink of adulthodo, but the continued longing for him - at 24! - just perplexes me. It almost feels like it is there to keep the dynamic between Luke & Tristan in the background, setting up for the next book.
I also didn't love the character development of Sheilaigh in this book. I appreciate the spotlight on depression but don't feel like there was any real growth in her character.

A quick spicy read about a taboo relationship. When a student falls for her professor, they both have to determine what matters most in life, happiness or being just. Sheilagh is a small town girl from a big Irish family. She has grown up with an unrealistic view of what her life should look like and what is truly expected of her. When she meets philosophy teacher Alec Devereaux, her whole world changes. With his love and the help of a therapist, Shei discovers her true self and mends relationships that were on the verge of ruin. She finds her true happiness while also helping Alec find his. This forbidden love quickly becomes the love to stand the test of time.

This is a professor/student, forbidden romance that touches on many subjects such as depression.

This one will keep your interest from start to finish and it has all the feels. I absolutely loved Alec, however through most of the book I was iffy about Sheilagh, she was a little too annoying for my tastes. But in the end they both won me over as a couple.

All in all a good read.

Thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book for an honest review.

A smart romance is rare but this is exceptional. Alec and Sheilagh are perfect together and her relationship with Wes is hilarious. Interesting family dynamics... and I really need to read Luke's story!

Alec and Sheilagh's antagonistic chemistry was a thrill to read and I was enthused to see it offered on Netgalley as an ARC. I enjoyed the argumentative and intellectual banter between them with Alec being the guy you'd love to hate but can't.These two were perfectly matched and they inspired emotions that alternated between exasperation and joviality with their dialogues.With Sheilagh on the spectrum of being a genius ,unassuming, highly critical Alec was the ideal candidate to challenge her habits of self-sabotaging and redirect her to more healthful ways to deal with negative feelings. I cannot recommend this book enough.

British Professor is the fourth book in the McCullough Mountain Series by Lydia Michaels. This is Sheilagh McCullough story.

Sheilagh McCullough had to grow up whether she wants to or not. After six years with nothing to show for it but a string of bad decisions she's forced to finally go to college. Now she's trying to make it work on her own at 24 and she's still struggling with finding her way. She's always been the smart one but she may have finally met her match in the sexy Professor Devereux. He challenges her to look at herself and life differently. And for the first time in what seems like forever she starts to feel happy again.
Alec Devereux is an honorable man. He loves opening students minds and showing them different philosophies. Now after teaching for twelve years he is drawn to a student. He's never felt this pull, but it's her mind he's first intrigued by and he doesn't think they can fight the attraction. When they finally come together it's explosive. And he wants to hold onto her regardless of the age difference, the potential impact to his job, because he knows how amazing it is to find someone that fills his mind and body.

This book was so much more than I expected. Sheilagh is the youngest McCullough sibling and perhaps the one I was least intrigued by. All that changed the moment I started this book.

𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗥 was the kind of book that reels you in and keeps you glued to your kindle. There is a certain heaviness to it that most romances don’t have and in the end, it’s that heaviness that makes this such a memorable read.

I was mesmerized by Alec and fell in love with him from the moment he appeared on the page. He is an intriguing man and I found him to be a calming force even to me, as a reader. His capacity for love is enormous and he brought out the best in everyone.

I found myself intrigued by Sheilagh and the complicated woman she was on the inside. Her story is a heartbreakingly beautiful one and I found myself her biggest champion.

𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗥 Is a fantastic addition to the McCullough family series and is a definite must read romance. I’m giving it the judy.ann.loves.books stamp of approval and highly recommend the first three books as well. TBR and Enjoy!

BRITISH PROFESSOR continues the saga of the McCullough family with the youngest sibling, a daughter, who struggles to find her authentic self in a family filled with full-blown characters. Sheilagh has been adrift for the last six years, at least, uncertain about her future, when her teen crush and adolescent fantasies become untenable. She acts out in her small town enough that her older brothers threaten to reveal her bad behavior to their parents unless she leaves town and finally goes to university. She isn’t able to outrun her demons when confronted by a professor that sees through her behavior and expects more from her. As expected, romance ensues while Sheilagh addresses her fears. Author Lydia Michaels does an excellent job of describing the behaviors and challenges of depression. Another winning book in a great series. I received my copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

I enjoyed this more than I expected. The characters are so engaging and intriguing! The plot kept me turning pages, and I will read more books from this author. I'm hooked on Lydia.

**Disclaimer: I received a free advanced readers copy of British Professor by Lydia Michaels through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this opportunity.

British Professor by Lydia Michaels is an adult romance novel.  It is about the youngest daughter of a large family learning about herself and coming into her identity as a woman, while also falling in love with a professor at her school.  It was published on May 17th, 2022.  I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads.


Here's the summary from Goodreads:

Sheilagh McCullough has been pretending to be someone else her entire life. When she takes her rebellious act too far, her overbearing brothers decide it’s time for her to grow up and face her future. After six years of procrastination and parties, Sheilagh is finally going to college.
Dr. Alec Devereux is an ethical man, but when Sheilagh McCullough enrolls in his class, his morals as a professor are put to the test. Brilliant, tenacious, and a contradiction to herself in so many ways, Alec is enchanted by his new student and unable to resist temptation. Persistent and logical, Alec unravels the mysterious woman who has captured his heart only to discover the greatest threat to their future might be her past.
A courageous journey of the soul that confronts one woman’s fears of love and embraces the truth in her heart.

This was a fun read.  Again, it's not my usual genre but I still found that I had a lot of fun reading it, and I ended up feeling a lot better about it than I expected considering it was a professor-student relationship as the premise.What I appreciated about that premise was that they were both adults.  There's a large age gap, but she is 24 and not a teenager.  I also appreciated that she dropped his class and their romance blossomed after she wasn't his student any more.

I liked Sheilagh as a character.  She was really interesting to read about as she tried to figure out how to be who she was, and struggled with getting over her longtime crush.  I found the depiction of her mental health interesting to read about as it was an aspect of depression that I had never really known about before.  I appreciated that it positively depicted therapy as well.  It was great that she was actually talking to someone.

I also really enjoyed the family aspects.  Many of her brothers were jerks, but I really enjoy a big family dynamic and that was a big part of this novel.  They were vaguely dysfunctional but they seemed to love each other.  I liked how they were protective of her, but also how they ribbed each other and pulled pranks.  I think I'll be continuing with this series just to read more about the family.

The romance was interesting.  I liked the push and pull between the two of them and how they felt intellectually suited for each other.  They each pushed the other and wanted them to be the best they could be.  The conflict felt realistic and I liked that they did try to talk out some of their problems.  They had a really good chemistry.

Overall, I had a lot of fun reading this story, and if you like the sound of it then I highly suggest that you check it out.

A fourth instalment in the McCullough Mountain series, written by Lydia Michaels.

Sheilagh is the youngest child of the McCullough family and at 24 she is on her way to graduate at Princeton. When a professor, dr. Alec Devereux gives her essay a D, she decides to drop his class. Alex, seeing great potential in her, is disappointed and wants to find the reasoning behind this decision and also wants to figure out what is happening in her life.
On the quest of discovering her true self Sheilagh will get to see that she is capable of overstepping her fears and that love waits around the college.



Even though this book is a part of the series, I read it as a standalone and you can easily do that as well since the other characters' stories don't interfere with this one.

I love a good teacher-student story but for me this one didn't live up to expectations.

First of all we have an unlikeable heroine. She is supposed to be extra smart, we are constantly reminded of that through the book, yet that doesn't show anywhere. She came across as selfish and arrogant.


The male lead, Alec, was madly in love with our heroine. He would do anything for her, even after she treats him like crap.
I am all for this extreme kind of love but we are given zero reasons for him, being as educated and emotionally intelligent, to be so invested in her.
I didn't enjoy this dynamic in their relationship from the beginning, I hoped she would become mature through the story but that didn't happen.

When Sheilagh McCullough is forced by her brothers to go to college, they do it as a means to make her face reality and realise her potential. When she meets Dr. Alec Devereux, she is completely thrown. He challenges her to think for herself, rather than to provide essays that are what she thinks he wants to read. Yet the more times that meet and challenge each other, the more Alec is tempted to break the rules. Soon his heart and lust, makes him pursue Sheilagh, yet she comes with so much baggage, that it threatens any chance they may have of happiness. Sheilagh finds herself facing her demons, realising that she has to do so, if she wants the elusive happiness, that she has been looking for, with Alec.
I really enjoyed this book, which explored several complex issues such as depression, and did so with great respect. Sheilagh’s struggles are handled with tenderness by Alec, who was such a great character, in his ability to be real, yet gentle, caring and mature. He embodied everything that Sheilagh needed and she in turn, gave him laughter and love, which it seemed he was essential missing. I loved seeing Alec help Sheilagh work through her demons and find greater connection with her family.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bailey Brown Publishing for letting me read this one in exchange for an honest review.

This is the fourth stand alone book in the McCullough Mountain series and OMG I might have a new favourite book in the series.

Here we get to meet the baby sister in the McCullough family and it was really intresting to get to know her and see her development during the read.

British Professor includes following subjects: depression, philosopical elements, forbidden love, age gap, clearity and steamy scenes. It includes a bit more and the trope for this book is teacher/student.

This book is probably my fav in this series so far and not just because of the steamy scenes. I liked how Lydia Michaels includes such an important subject as depression. By highligthing this subject you are helping the world to acknowledge it.

The story was easy to follow and I didn't have a problem with getting in to this one. It took me just a few hours to finish this one since I barely wanted to stop reading it.

I recommend this one to the ones who loves reading steamy books that includes age gap and teacher/student relationship. For the full background I recommend to read the other three books in this series: Almost Priest, Beautiful Distraction and Irish Rogue.

I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the series so I can continue reading it.

I give this book ⭐⭐⭐⭐,5 out of 5⭐.

This is the fourth book in the McCullough Mountain series and focuses on Shaileigh's journey to her HEA. It starts of as a teacher/student trope but as the relationship progresses she drops the class. Shaileigh is an older than typical college student and is trying to find her niche as well as trying to control her emotional ups and downs. This is a quick read and I enjoyed getting to catch up with some of the other previous characters from her earlier books.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Ultimately just was too cheesy for me. I dnf’d. Not my cup of tea but I’m sure someone somewhere out there will enjoy it more. If you like spicy romance like a lot then I’m sure you’ll like this.

This quick read was the 4th in the McCullough Mountain series. I read it as a stand-alone and there was just enough detail to follow the cast of characters. If I had read more of the books, I don't think the summary would be tedious, and as a stand-alone reader it was just enough detail to be curious and drawn in.
This cute age-gap story follows a late-bloomer college student and a college professor. While they met in a class he was teaching, she quickly dropped it when he pushed her.
While we don't get into romance books for the believability, I do wish the author had developed their initial attraction a little better. The story was sweet, and the character development was good. But they went from zero to hot incredibly quickly, and before I was totally pulled in.
Mid-level smut with an HEA. Light summer read with perfect amount of escapism.
The set up for the next book was good - I find myself curious and will likely read it, as well as the rest of the series.