Garrett Daniels has this whole life thing figured out.
The cocky, charismatic former high school star quarterback is an idolized football coach and "cool" teacher in the hometown where he's not just a golden boy—he's platinum. He has good friends, a great house on the lake, and the best damn sidekick a man could ask for: Snoopy, the albino beagle.
Then...Callie Carpenter comes home.
And knocks him right on his tight end zone.
Back to school...
Callie has a pretty sweet life herself...on the other side of the country. But circumstances—that she'd prefer to never speak of again—have brought her back home, helping out her parents and substitute teaching at her old high school.
Now she's facing bickering, raging hormones, constant gossip, awkward weirdness, and drama galore...and that's just the teachers.
Just like old times...
When Garrett offers to show his former high school sweetheart the secrets of his winning teacher ways, Callie jumps at the chance—and then has to stop herself from jumping him.
Good friends are all they can ever be.
Or...these teachers just might end up getting schooled—hard—by love.
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High school parking lots are one of
the most dangerous places on earth. I don’t have statistics to back that up…but
I know it’s true.
I pull into the school parking lot
Monday morning in my Dad’s giant, newly repaired mint-green Buick, with Back in Black by AC/DC blasting from the
speakers. I feel tough, powerful—like I’m driving a tank.
I’m a badass teacher—I’ll run you
down even if you’re a student—I’ve got twenty-nine more in class just like you.
The outfit helps too—leather boots,
blue jeans, a starched white blouse and a black leather jacket. It’s my armor.
The morning air is cool and crisp today, but I barely feel it. I’m locked and
loaded and ready to roll.
As I march towards the main
entrance, I spot Garrett and Dean and Alison Bellinger outside the doors. They
pause when they see me, waiting.
“Damn,” Dean chuckles. “Callie’s
got her shit-kickers on. Did you dig them out of a mosh pit from 1993?”
Garrett crosses his arms.
“Somebody’s channeling Michelle Pfiefer in Dangerous
Minds.”
He looks fantastic. His hair is
tousled from the breeze and kisses his brow, and he’s wearing a dark blue
sweater that’s snug around his biceps and soft, worn, light blue jeans. I
remember his arms around me yesterday on my parent’s porch. The wonder and
exhilaration of the moment.
Of him.
The intensity in his eyes, the
desire and possessiveness in the grasp of his hands. The scorching feel of his
mouth, his wet talented tongue that made my stomach swirl and my head spin.
So much for not complicating
things.
But I’m not going to play head
games with myself or Garrett—we’re too old for that shit.
I have feelings for him—I always
have—our break-up had nothing to do with either of us not wanting each other
desperately. But these aren’t just leftover echoes of a sweet, first love—this
is something new. A throbbing, breathless attraction to the amazing man he’s
become. I want to be near him. I want to know him, inside and out, all over
again.
And he feels the same way. Garrett
wants this version of me as much as he always did—maybe even more. I heard it
in his whispered words and felt it in his kiss.
I don’t know if we have a future,
if it can go anywhere. We have separate lives on opposite ends of the country.
But I’m not going to worry about that—for now, I’m going to take each day as it
comes and enjoy every moment we can.
Except for now. Now is not the time
for enjoying or worrying or relationship building…now is the time for focusing.
Now is the time to be ice and steel—don’t smile, don’t waver.
“Little fucknutters don’t know who
the hell they’re dealing with,” I growl.
Allison pumps her fist. “That’s the
spirit.”
Garrett opens the door for me. “Go
get ‘em, Gangster’s Paradise.”
5 Stars
I loved everything about this book! Ms. Chase is a master of writing from a male's POV. She will make you laugh with their cockiness and give you exactly what these men are thinking. And she did just that with Garrett Daniels!
Getting Schooled is sweet, dirty and sexy. It's a low angst read that will having you cheering for this second chance romance. Garrett and Callie dated all throughout their younger years. And when time came for the football star and theater princess to part ways with different colleges/across the country, their relationship came to an end. No yelling, no cheating, or screaming. Their lives were just going a different direction.
But when Callie is called back home to help her family, she reconnects with Garrett. Garrett is now a high school teacher and star football coach. He's loves his hometown, the students and his job. And when Callie comes back years later, Garrett can't help but fall back with her.
These two have chemistry and their dynamic is sweet from page one. And I'm already ready for Dean's book!
About the Author
Emma Chase is the New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author of the hot and hilarious Tangled series and
The Legal Briefs series. Emma lives in New Jersey with
her husband, two children and two naughty (but really cute) dogs. She has a
long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
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