Faded Touches

Summary: An age-gap, forbidden romance between a professor and his student.

Title: Faded Touches
Author: Elvina A. Elshad
Page Count: 372

MY RATINGS:

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Contemporary Romance, Smut, Erotica, Novella, Romance, Professor x Student, Age-gap, Forced Proximity, M F Romance

Some scars fade. Others crave to be reopened.
He was never meant to be mine.
My professor. My undoing. The man who saw every hidden part of me and didn’t look away.

Hayden Stone lived by rules and silence, but I made him break both.
What started as defiance became something darker, something that burned through every line we swore we would never cross. In the quiet corners of the university, we played with fire and called it love.

But fire leaves nothing untouched.
And what we began in secret was always meant to destroy us.
Because some loves are not meant to heal.
They are meant to burn.

This student x professor trope really grabbed my attention because it was so deliciously complicated. I mean, I'm not really a big fan of slow-burn romance but Faded Touches makes me feel that waiting an entire decade for a kiss would be worth it! And it's an age-gap forbidden romance between Professor Hayden and his student, Edwina. A kind of trope that I'm always looking for. ❤️❤️❤️

✅ I love the writing style. It's clear and the scenes of each chapter are so vividly described that will give you an instant movie to imagine what kind of chaos is about to unfold.

✅ Edwina's friends are top tier. I can confidently say that I'm very happy for Edwina to have Zayn and Gwen on her side. I can feel their genuine support for her in every crisis and sneaky plan. I was afraid at first to read about them because friendship betrayal is one of my triggers (if it's considered a valid trigger then yes, it is? I don't know). But as a little spoiler, their friendship is positively loyal to a fault. Bless their hearts, Ma'am!

✅ So, Professor "Yummy" Hayden. Wow! I love how smart he is first of all. His words as a professor bring a certain intensity that make Edwina blush in the most inappropriate situations. Imagine your professor also has a secret desire for you. OMG. I might actually show up for 8 AM classes!!!!! 😂❤️

He's also mysterious and he's running from his past that still hasn't been fully explained (I'm waiting!). The author said there's a Part 2. It's complicated but he manages to keep one foot in the lecture hall and the other one behind a locked door where Edwina and him are having a secret naughty affair. I think I need to wash my brain with holy water after I read the part where Hayden "punished" Edwina. 😁 I'm staring at the wall for a solid ten minutes trying to regain my innocence.

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NOTE: I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you to Elvina A. Elshad for giving me the opportunity to read this early.