Books like Innocents by Cathy Coote

John Grisham’s first nonfiction book exposes a wrongful conviction that left a small‑town Oklahoma man on death row, revealing how faulty evidence and Justice System failures can turn a tragedy into a tragic misjudgment.

After promising her deceased father to visit his former lover, Sarah finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Celine Couvier’s son, Armand, a sophisticated Frenchman whose romantic commitment complicates a tender, contemporary romance.

A series of contemporary letters by Mark Twain that chronicle his 1867 steamship voyage across Europe and the Levant, offering humorous and candid observations of the places visited.

Tampa follows 26‑year‑old middle‑school teacher Celeste Price as she deliberately seduces 14‑year‑old student Jack Patrick, exploring the dark dynamics of a student‑teacher affair in Florida.

A teacher's unexpected journey to uncover the secrets of a young student's family.

"Latin instructor Jerome Washington is a man out of place. The lone African-American teacher at the Chelsea School, an all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, he has championed the classical virtues of rigor and discipline since he was hired nearly two decades ago. Nicknamed "Wooden Washington" by his students, he has spent his career - and his life - at Chelsea trying not to appear too "racial": He is reserved, controlled, seemingly content with his isolated life.". "Into his classroom one autumn morning steps Rashid Bryson, a promising African-American student from New York City. He sees in Washington a potential ally, a man who is sure to understand the younger man's need to find his bearings in this citadel of the white status quo. But to Bryson's surprise and dismay, Washington responds unexpectedly to him. It is up to Jana Hansen, herself a newcomer to Chelsea, to come to Bryson's aid. A middle-aged white divorcee who used to teach public school in Cleveland, she is as foreign to the sylvan self-possession of the Chelsea School as Washington and Bryson are.". "As the three get to know one another, and as they struggle with their individual loss, they begin their journey toward an inevitable and ultimately tragic confrontation that is both painful and life-altering. Told from three different perspectives, The Fall of Rome explores powerful and timely issues as it unfolds inexorably, like the classical tragedies that were the glory of ancient civilizations."--BOOK JACKET.

A London history teacher’s instinct that a new female colleague is different is proven as the newcomer takes part in an illicit affair with a pupil, forcing her to confront forbidden desires, loyalty, and the limits of friendship.

A Brooklyn mathematics teacher, J.~I. Esker, finds unexpected love and growing responsibility when she tutors her outspoken teenage student, Ann James, after the girl’s accident.

A small‑town New England drama about a teenage girl, Amy Goodrow, who falls for her math teacher and the ensuing fallout that strains her relationship with her mother, Isabelle.

Regiment of Women is Clemence Dane’s 1917 debut novel, set in a girls’ school and exploring subtle lesbian relationships among teachers and students.

After her fox‑intended brother concerns her, young Michelle de Bellevue travels to England to live with the gentle Duke of Calvern, only to learn he has died and she becomes the ward of his dashing son.