This one looks amazing! I can't wait to check out this entire series!!
(The Protectors, #3)
by: Noelle Adams & Samantha Chase
Publication: Nov. 4, 2014
ISBN: 1503027503
ASIN: B00O5E5ZHU
Length: 166 pages
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, New Adult
Blurb :
I've been a lot of things in my life. Marine. Bodyguard. Security expert. Player. Heart-breaker. Occasionally an asshole.
Never a first-grade teacher. Until now.
It's the most ridiculous undercover security job I've ever had to deal with. Corralling a bunch of six-year-olds while I try to do my job and keep anyone from knowing how clueless I really am.
I manage to fool everyone. Except her.
She's an actual teacher, and she's determined to find out what I'm really doing here. She doesn't trust me, and her daughter doesn't like me.
And the worst part is that I'm starting to like them. A lot.
So now, instead of being the tough guy, I'm stuck with rowdy children and Christmas pageants and falling in love.
It's not the way I thought I'd spend Christmas.
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I was feeling pretty
confident the next morning. I spent the entire night going over the notes that
Eileen had left for me and basically learning the essentials of the first
grade.
Not a good feeling for a guy who passed the first grade almost thirty
years ago.
So there I was, walking down the hall, a little spring in my step, when
I looked up and saw…her. Kristin was heading my way, and part of me wanted to
do a quick sidestep into the nearest open doorway. Avoidance wasn’t usually my
thing, but if Lily complained to her mother again…well, I didn’t need Kristin
bringing me down. Not when I was feeling good about what I accomplished.
“Mr. Curtis,” she said with a sincere smile as she approached.
That instantly made me suspicious, but I forced myself to remain calm.
“Ms. Andrews. How are you today?” I hated polite, social chit-chat.
“Fine. Thanks.” She eyed the stack of books and folders in my arms, and
her smile seemed to grow. “It looks like you had a lot of homework last night.”
“You could say that,” I said evenly. We stood there in amicable silence
for a minute and that was when it hit me. Kristin Andrews wasn’t “cute”—not
like I thought yesterday. Looking at her now—with a little more a relaxed
attitude—I noticed that she was really quite attractive. She had a
girl-next-door thing going on that was kind of appealing.
“I hope the kids aren’t giving you too hard of a time. They tend to take
advantage when there’s a substitute in the room.”
There was no condescension in her tone, and that made me relax even
more. Maybe we had just gotten off on the wrong foot yesterday. She had a
really great smile, and I felt myself being suddenly drawn to her. “I’ll admit
that they’re a little tougher than I expected.” We both chuckled at that, and
Kristin rested her hand on my arm.
And that one innocent gesture felt more intimate than anything I’d felt
in a long time.
“Never underestimate a six year old. They can be bossy and opinionated
and…” She sighed. “Great.”
“You’ve got a great daughter,” I heard myself say.
Kristin nodded. “Yes, I do.” Her eyes met mine, and it was all I could
do to stop myself from leaning in and resting my forehead on hers right before
I kissed her.
Wait. Kiss her? What?
Off in the distance, I could hear people starting to walk around the
hallway. I cleared my throat and took a step back. What the hell was I
thinking? I was here to do a job. I had a kid to protect and a group of kids
who were expecting me to be teaching them…something. Anything.
I looked at Kristin and saw the same dazed expression on her face that I
was sure was on mine.
Glad to see I wasn’t alone.
“I…I better go,” she said, suddenly seeming shy. And without another
word, she walked away.
And damn if I didn’t stand there and watch the soft sway of her hips as
she made her way down the hall.
Noelle Adams
Noelle hand wrote her first novel in a spiral-bound notebook when she was twelve, and she hasn't stopped writing since. She has lived in eight different states and currently resides in Virginia, where she teaches English, reads any book she can get her hands on, and offers tribute to a very spoiled cocker spaniel.She loves travel, art, and ice cream. After spending far too many years of her life in graduate school, she has decided to reorient her priorities and focus on writing contemporary romances.
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Samantha Chase
New York Times and USA Today Bestseller / contemporary romance writer Samantha Chase released her debut novel, Jordan's Return, in Nov. 2011. Although she waited until she was in her 40's to publish for the first time, writing has been a lifelong passion. Her motivation to take that step was her students: teaching creative writing to elementary age students all the way up through high school and encouraging those students to follow their writing dreams gave Samantha the confidence to take that step as well.When she's not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, blogging, playing way too many games of Scrabble on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 2 years and their two sons in North Carolina.
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