At thirty-four, English professor Paul Avery cannot see himself as a father. In fact, he thinks children are little beasts. To his surprise, he meets two men with sons during the month of May and his negative view about children begins to unexpectedly change. Enter Matthew Hildebrand, one of Paul’s students at Castling College. Matthew is twenty-two and the father of Aiden, a six-year-old adorable little child. Soon Paul is befriended by the father and son team. Then Paul meets handsome and professional architect, Dugan Brae, who is thirty-five and the father of seven-year-old Colby, a gifted little boy. After much convincing, Paul agrees to go on a date with Dugan, and surprisingly, the two hit it off. Plus, Paul finds Colby irresistible, creating a fresh friendship with the child. As May turns into June, Paul is pulled in different directions by both Matthew and Dugan. And in due time, Paul must make a decision. With whom does he fall in love? Either one gains him a son, creating an instant family. Through the daily trials and tribulations of dating, babysitting, and just having a good time, will Paul find the man of his dreams and become a happy father in the process?

Daddy Business

“We’ll talk later. I have a class to teach.”


“Whatever.” She hung up on me, probably returning to her drunken spell and afternoon with seven liquors. 9: Castling College


Doonmyer Hall looked more like a cathedral than an institution. Two steel spirals on its apex reached into the heavens, topped with silver and glinting lightning rods. I thought it the most beautiful hall on campus, a reproduction of St. Patrick’s in Manhattan. I mostly taught on the second floor with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the campus and surrounding city. Thomas Doonmyer built the brick structure in 1956, and it withstood two fires in the library (students smoking marijuana), and a minor earthquake in 1984, two days before Ronald Regan’s inaugural address. The hall ended up being my home away from home where I taught a variety of classes to young and old minds.


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