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
Coming January 13th, 2026!
Also announcing…
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, so ask your favorite indie about this version today!
Canadian readers!
Preorder any version of Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl from Slow Burn and get a signed bookplate, adorable Bram and Maddie bookmarks, and a sticker sheet!
🇬🇧 UK readers! 🇬🇧
Preorder the paperback of Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl from Book Lovers Bookshop and get a signed bookplate, adorable Bram and Maddie bookmarks, and a sticker sheet!
Preorder the hardcover (with fancy endpapers and edges!):
eBook:
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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.”
Other books by Julie and Sierra:
