Getting Schooled
Getting Schooled #1
By Emma Chase
Releasing June 26th, 2018
Self-Published
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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In Getting Schooled (Getting Some #1) by Emma Chase, Callie Carpenter is a sight for sore eyes for Garrett Daniels. Unfortunately, she's only back in their hometown until her parents are well enough to take care of themselves after being involved in a car accident. Still, Garrett isn't about to let anything stop him winning her back. Will Garrett and Callie get their shot at happy ever after or will they say goodbye to each other for good?
I haven't read a book by Ms. Chase in a while, but I've got to say that I absolutely enjoy her books and this story opens this series wonderfully. Really, the way this story started had me loving that Callie would do anything for family, but finding out what happened to cause her parents to have an accident had me liking that the secondary characters weren't going to let Callie forget what her parents were doing to cause them to wreck.
As for the dialogue, it was very entertaining and had me loving this couple's growing relationship, as the hero is confident, charming and I loved his determination to win the heroine back. I also liked how good of a teacher he is and how supportive he is of his students and that he didn't let them get away with anything. While the heroine, she's resilient, courageous and I liked how she helped the children in her classes, as she's determined to show them that theater is important and a worthwhile class to take. I also liked the growing friendships she shared with some of the secondary characters, as she needs their encouragement when the time comes and the pressure of teaching is getting to her.
Overall, Ms Chase has delivered a fantastic read in this book where the chemistry between this couple was strong; the romance is heady and convincing and shows how right these two are for each other; and the ending me loving the decisions the hero and heroine make in order to be together. Will Callie stay in her hometown? However, it was the epilogues that wrapped this story up nicely, as the hero and heroine are so happy together and can't get enough of each other. I would recommend Getting Schooled by Emma Chase, if you enjoy second chance romances or books by authors Melanie Harlow, Vi Keeland, Kelly Elliot and Penelope Ward.
I haven't read a book by Ms. Chase in a while, but I've got to say that I absolutely enjoy her books and this story opens this series wonderfully. Really, the way this story started had me loving that Callie would do anything for family, but finding out what happened to cause her parents to have an accident had me liking that the secondary characters weren't going to let Callie forget what her parents were doing to cause them to wreck.
As for the dialogue, it was very entertaining and had me loving this couple's growing relationship, as the hero is confident, charming and I loved his determination to win the heroine back. I also liked how good of a teacher he is and how supportive he is of his students and that he didn't let them get away with anything. While the heroine, she's resilient, courageous and I liked how she helped the children in her classes, as she's determined to show them that theater is important and a worthwhile class to take. I also liked the growing friendships she shared with some of the secondary characters, as she needs their encouragement when the time comes and the pressure of teaching is getting to her.
Overall, Ms Chase has delivered a fantastic read in this book where the chemistry between this couple was strong; the romance is heady and convincing and shows how right these two are for each other; and the ending me loving the decisions the hero and heroine make in order to be together. Will Callie stay in her hometown? However, it was the epilogues that wrapped this story up nicely, as the hero and heroine are so happy together and can't get enough of each other. I would recommend Getting Schooled by Emma Chase, if you enjoy second chance romances or books by authors Melanie Harlow, Vi Keeland, Kelly Elliot and Penelope Ward.
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.”
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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