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

The boy’s father had beautiful lips and brown scruff on his chin and cheeks. Matthew Hildebrand. Twenty-three years old. Adorable. Sweet to look at. Pearl-white teeth. Trip-over gray eyes. Cocoa-colored hair. Tall at six-two. Daddy wore a tight T-shirt the color of mustard. The cotton clung to his firm pecs and wide shoulders. An eye-catching and head-turning man, but so young. Sexy for all the wrong desires that another man could have for him, of course.


I had a knapsack and a pack of cheese and crackers inside. The knapsack leaned against one of the desk’s legs. I retrieved the pack while blabbering about Parker’s “sweet” poems. Then I walked up to the little boy, made eye contact with his daddy, which basically asked if I could give the pack of crackers to his son. Daddy nodded, so I passed the crackers to my newest, coloring student and walked back to the front of the class.


Chapter 8