After a sexy week-long fling with a musician she meets in a bar, Thea Canning doesn't expect to see Levi Black again. Then Monday morning comes and she discovers that her former lover is not only her professor, but also one of the best criminal defense lawyers in Massachusetts.

Everyone in the class is vying to become one of the twelve students , whom Professor Black will take under his wing, tensions run high. Thea contemplates the idea of leaving his class, given their passionate week together and their undeniable attraction. After all, there are other (less unbearably sexy) criminal justice professors on campus.

But in order to achieve her goal and get her father out of prison, Thea knows she must study under the best one of the best - and this is Levi Black.

But can she learn under the best without being with the best?