About the Book
Head
of the class...
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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My Thoughts
The book is written in dual points of view, and while I enjoyed Callie, it’s Garrett that was the standout character for me. His take on life, his ability to interact with such genuineness with all the people in his life – young, old or canine – is an absolute pleasure to read.
The narrative is well paced and there’s a nice balance between Callie/Garrett and the other characters. And the supporting characters? What a hoot some of them turned out to be. From their families, to the students they teach, there are plenty of personalities that bring spirit to the book.
I do wish we spent more time with Callie and Garrett as their current relationship developed. Often it felt like their teenage feelings for one another became the default for how they feel today. They just seemed to fit together so seamlessly that it came across as a tad too easy. Did neither of them even develop a bad habit to drive the other nuts in the intervening years?
Getting Schooled is definitely a feel good romance and I was happy to read that this is the first in a series. I can’t wait to read more.
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EXCERPT
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.”
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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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