At age thirty Professor John Emerson finds himself in a new job in a new town and finds that he must fight for recognition and success on the small college campus in a small town. Challenges include a homo-phobic community and aggressive students attracted to the new man on campus. His search for love and romance is successful but an unexpected consequence of his own actions forces him to a new reality in terms of his own identity. John's story is full of erotic and playful interludes with a romantic undertone supplying a satisfying and entertaining read.