Fundamentals Of Being A Good Girl
Single Dad Professor + bratty nanny = (ahem) Good Girl Lessons
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone comes a new small town raunch-com—and class is now in session…
✔️ College town
✔️ Single dad professor
✔️ Adjunct lecturer by day/nanny by…late afternoon
✔️ “Lessons”
✔️ Age Gap
✔️ Zany group of friends who won’t mind their own business, goddammit
✔️ Forearms (as exposed by rolled up sleeves)
✔️ Fast sex burn/slow emotional burn
✔️ Spanks
✔️ Inappropriate use of a Sharpie
✔️ Me, an intellectual: My romance novel about getting railed into next week has footnotes
Out now!
grab a hardcover
with fancy endpapers and edges!
eBook:
Audiobook:
Narrated by Victoria Connolly and Connor Crais (with Teddy Hamilton in a very special role…)
Also announcing…
A paperback version with a brand new cover!
Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl is now in paperback—with some flair!
a brand new cover!
character portraits on the inside of the covers (same portraits from the hardcover)
sprayed edges
book club discussion questions
an early excerpt of History of a Heartbreaker!
and an Exclusive Indie Bookstore Edition!
What makes a good girl an even better girl? An exclusive indie bookstore edition!
This edition includes:
an exclusive cover color scheme
exclusive sprayed edges
new colors for the endpapers (the adorable character portraits are the same!)
an exclusive bonus scene featuring Bram and Maddie on their honeymoon in Christmas Notch
This pink and green cutie is only available through independently owned bookstores, and there is only one print run of this, so ask your favorite indie about this version today!
Praise for Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl:
“Raunchy, funny, and ultimately heartfelt, this is rom-com gold. ”
“Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone seamlessly blend heat, heart, and humor in Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl. Smoldering, sexy, and achingly tender, I couldn’t devour this book fast enough. Consider me seated for the rest of the Academic Affairs series.”
A Booklist Top 10 Romance of 2026!
“[A] brilliantly conceived contemporary romance…hot, humorous, and heartfelt romance.”
“...unashamed, clever and rollicking sexy fun with an unforgettable cast...”
“Praise kinks, student-professor scenarios and enough steam for a DIY facial: it’s all here in this size-inclusive bisexual rom-com following a sexy single dad professor and a fiery law school grad.”