I adored both of these books and definitely rec them if they sound at all up your alley.
ainsley
North American friends - a couple of my books are on sale in e-book right now! You can get An Academic Affair* for $2.99...
*the one where they're rival academics who get married so they can take advantage of a partner hire clause in the broken jobs market
bookshop.org/p/books/an-a...