A version of the truth

the long version

At the age of thirty, newly single and without a college degree, Cassie Shaw desperately needs a decent paycheck. Which is why, against all her principles, she lies on her résumé for an office job at an elite university--and then finds herself employed in academia by two professors who are as rare as the birds she covets. One of her new bosses is Professor William Conner, a sexy, handsome, cheerfully aristocratic expert in animal behavior. Soon, under Conner's charismatic tutelage, Cassie carefully begins her personal transformation....--From publisher description.