The Teacher Inside Me

A dangerous student-teacher obsession. A gay coming-of-age thriller. A story that lingers like a bruise you can’t stop touching.

“Filled with lust, yearning, and so many forbidden desires…. It suddenly shifts into a very exciting psychological thriller in its second half.”
—Reedsy Discovery

Liam is just trying to finish high school and keep his secrets to himself. Mr. Hilton, his English teacher, is everything Liam shouldn’t want—straight, married, and way off-limits—but possibly…interested. What starts as an innocent crush blurs into something more real, more intense, and more terrifying than either of them can control.

Because some lines should not be crossed. Some lessons can’t be unlearned. And some desires come at a terrible price.

The Teacher Inside Me is an emotionally charged LGBTQ+ story of longing, power, and the darkness within us all.

Perfect for fans of:
– dark academia tangled with forbidden gay desire
– age-gap erotic obsession filled with dangerous twists
– m/m dark romance with psychological depth
– literary queer fiction for adults
– contemporary banned novels
– vintage pulp fiction paperbacks
– narratives that subvert reader expectations
– stories about gay men told from a gay male perspective

It’ll get inside you.

The Purple Fantastic Steam Meter gives this a 4. The story certainly has sexual bits, but they are more disturbing than not, and are relatively restrained. The point is not the sex, but the tangled web that is being created. But it is mature subject matter. You can read more about the Steam Ratings on the About Page.