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An introverted English professor falls for an enigmatic sophomore who lures him into his web of chaos and deceit. Mark Lausson, a professor stuck in the middle of Ohio, is smart enough to get a job at an elite liberal arts college but not smart enough to know better when he meets enigmatic sophomore Tyler Cunningham. In Tyler, Mark sees another way of being in the world--he finds Tyler's self-possession both compelling and unsettling. Caught in the rush of sex and secrets, Mark ignores the increasing evidence that Tyler can't be trusted. But by the time Mark comes to his senses, the irreparable damage is done. Providence shows how feeling trapped in our own lives can lead us to make choices we otherwise would not and the ways in which sexual desire can distort our senses of self and other, right and wrong. Intense, propulsive, and impossible to put down, Providence is perfect for readers of P. J. Vernon's Bath Haus and Douglas Stuart's Young Mungo, as well as Patricia Highsmith's Talented Mr. Ripley and Garth Greenwell's What Belongs to You.
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