ABOUT THE BOOK
It’s
spring break, and a group of teachers from Half Moon Bay Middle School are
planning to cut loose. History teacher Meg Phillips hadn’t planned on being one
of them—Vegas isn’t really a town for a bookworm—but somehow she let her friend
Anne talk her into it.
Though honestly, she’d rather indulge in some poolside reading than co-star in an R-rated edition of Teachers Gone Wild.
It took some major arm twisting for Finn Walsh to convince his fellow gym teacher, Anne, to do whatever it took to get Meg to Vegas. For over a year he’s been looking for the chance to get to know her outside of work. He’s drawn to her quiet beauty and intelligence—and the hint of fire beneath her understated exterior.
When he finally gets the opportunity to peel away those layers, the result is far more explosive than he ever fantasized. Now to convince her that the week isn’t a wildly out-of-character mistake, but the start of something amazing...
Though honestly, she’d rather indulge in some poolside reading than co-star in an R-rated edition of Teachers Gone Wild.
It took some major arm twisting for Finn Walsh to convince his fellow gym teacher, Anne, to do whatever it took to get Meg to Vegas. For over a year he’s been looking for the chance to get to know her outside of work. He’s drawn to her quiet beauty and intelligence—and the hint of fire beneath her understated exterior.
When he finally gets the opportunity to peel away those layers, the result is far more explosive than he ever fantasized. Now to convince her that the week isn’t a wildly out-of-character mistake, but the start of something amazing...
AN EXCERPT
“Come on, Anne. The least you can do is ask her for me. She’ll
listen to you.” Finn Walsh offered up his most winning smile, but his colleague
gave him a dubious glance.
“Why exactly would I help you get in my friend’s pants?” Anne
Kirby snorted, bending her long limbs into a stretch as they both warmed up to
start the day. Teaching physical education at a middle school kept them
running. “Besides, Meg turned you down the one time you asked her out.”
Yeah, she had. Finn winced. “I don’t want to get in her pants.”
Anne straightened and stared at him. “Right, I believe that one.
You want to date Meg, but you don’t want to do her.”
He lowered himself to the wooden gym floor and grabbed the toe of
his sneaker to help flex his calf. Meg’s heart-shaped face filled his mind.
Brunette curls he wanted to tangle his fingers in, eyes that were an impossible
shade of storm cloud gray. She wasn’t tall or short, just average, but she had
curves in all the right places. But if it were just about getting laid, he
could find a woman for that easily. No, he wanted Meg, specifically. “Okay, I
don’t only want to get in her pants.”
“That’s a little more believable.” Anne smiled when the school
bell rang. Within a few minutes, gangly teens began trudging past them into the
changing room.
“I mean it.” Finn waved to a few of his students, picking himself
up off the floor. “I like her, Anne. She turned me down because she thinks it’s
a bad idea to date co-workers. She never said she wasn’t interested in me.”
Crossing her arms, Anne shrugged. “She’s being smart about it. We
had an ugly breakup between two teachers a few years back, before you came to
HMB. The memory for those of us who were here is still pretty fresh and really
harsh. I don’t know if I’d date another teacher either. When it goes sour–”
“If, not when. It doesn’t have to go sour.” Usually, he wasn’t one
to fish in the work dating pool either, but for Meg, he’d make an exception.
She taught history, and she was quiet, smart, and drew him like a magnet.
Seeing her was his best reason to show up for staff meetings. He liked being
around her, liked her considered approach to every controversy that came up at
work. She wasn’t out-spoken and ready to jump into the fray like Anne, but when
she offered an opinion, everyone listened. Everything about Meg appealed to
Finn. There was huge potential between them, potential for something that could
actually last. He knew it, without any doubts.
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