From Twilight to Sunrise — Martha Starr

The rarest flower of all bloomed from twilight to sunrise

To a man, the English Department of Minnesota's Fielding College objected to its newest staff member. Spearheading the opposition, Chairman Alec Thomas made it clear that he had no quarrel with Lilly's excellent credentials -- it was her gender he minded.

Alec paraded his dislike of women at staff meetings, at social functions and in the plays he wrote. Lilly had no choice but to dig in and fight First, she had to find the woman responsible for Alec's hostility. Then, Lilly had to find out whether Alec was still in love with that woman....