Perfect for fans of Jo Segura, You, Me, & the Conspiracy is an academic adventure romance that finds two history professors trying to unmask a deadly secret society.
After a bruising book rejection, tenure-track history professor Jessica Wilson is scrambling for something new to publish to secure her spot at the top of the academic food chain. While researching in the archives, she discovers a coded message written by one of the founding fathers with the power to change her—and the world’s—understanding of American history forever. But first, she’s got to prove it’s real.
Desperate for answers, Jess searches out Calloway Morgan, a Harvard PhD student turned adjunct professor. Cal was forced to leave graduate school after presenting theories about a shadowy revolutionary organization. Jess heard his conference presentation and thought his findings were absurd, but now, she believes he was on something.
With their fates intertwined by their discoveries, the two begin to work together, but danger lurks around every corner. The clandestine fraternity that they’ve uncovered still exists and is ready to kill. With it hot on their heels, the embers of Jess and Cal’s attraction grow. But unless they can make their findings public, they’ll soon become the conspiracy’s latest victims…
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- When will You, Me, & the Conspiracy be published? November 10, 2026, but you can preorder it now.
- How long is You, Me, & the Conspiracy? Just under 90,000 words, or single-title length.
- What’s the heat level? Open door but not erotic.
- Are there any content notes? This is a book with suspense and thriller elements. As such, it is different from the contemporary rom-coms I’ve released lately.
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<On-page sex and alcohol use; profanity; suspense, peril, and violence, including on-page murder and gun use; family tension; discussion of U.S. history, including references to slavery, colonialism, and genocide. - What inspired you to write the book? I have always loved movies that combine adventure, history, and romance, like Indiana Jones, Romancing the Stone, The Mummy, and National Treasure. The idea for this book came to me in 2019, but it took many years for me to write. If you want a sneak peek, the Pinterest board for the book is here and the book playlist is here.
- Will there be any bonus content? Probably yes, but I don’t know yet. I always share extras with my newsletter first; consider subscribing.
- I’d like to review the book. Awesome! I hope you love it, but if you don’t, I support your right to review it honestly however and wherever you want. Reviews are for readers not writers. While bad reviews are unpleasant, I’ll live and I won’t harass you about it. Promise.
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