An exhausted teacher and a fake priest walk into a bar… Emeline Jones is not looking for love. Love requires both time and energy, and her students at Desert Grace have first dibs on both. It's Emmie’s job to ensure their well-being and access to food, all while managing her own deteriorating mental health. At the end of the day, she's pouring from an empty cup. She is, however, looking to blow off steam. Cue Las Vegas on Halloween night. And the broad-shouldered Irish guy wearing a cassock at the bar? Well, Tommy O’Connor—hot, funny, and foreign—is the answer to her prayers. Until he abandons her in a hotel room. But what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there: Tommy, it turns out, is Desert Grace's new head of school, which technically makes him Emmie’s new boss. Can Emmie find a way to save her job, maintain her sanity, and stand by her principles to resist Tommy’s undeniable charms once and for all? Or does the luck of the Irish have other plans? "ON PRINCIPLE has the butterfly-inducing, feet-kicking feels of an amazing romance, the head-nods of a laser-sharp look at the struggles of a career in education, and the tissue-grabbing, soul-lifting ache of a deep and honest look into depression and trauma." - Sarah T. Dubb, author of Birding with Benefits