A fever dream of sci-fi, obsession, and quantum romance.What happens when your favorite professor wanders into a Black Mirror episode?In this cerebral, emotionally twisted novelette, science collides with seduction-and not everyone returns from the entanglement unscathed. Dr. Lily Cross dismantles belief for a living.She teaches her students to question everything-with logic, reason, and hard evidence. But when a stranger walks into her classroom, knowing things no one should, Lily's world begins to unravel.Oliver is magnetic. Enigmatic. Impossible.He claims he's been somewhere else. That he's seen things Lily's research can't explain. She doesn't want to believe him-can't afford to-but she can't stay away.Their connection is dangerous. Addictive.Lily tells herself it's a one-time thing. That she's still in control. But the deeper she falls, the more she loses her grip-on her work, her mind, and the life she thought she built.When Oliver asks her to leave everything behind and follow him into the unknown, she faces a choice: Logic or longing. Control or chaos.And if she goes, there may be no coming back. A Daunting Entanglement is a dark romance meets sci-fi thriller-a haunting blend of emotional unraveling, obsession, and reality-bending mystery. Perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Blake Crouch, and Gillian Flynn.