Art teacher Stone Larrabee dreads parent/teacher conferences. One following Christmas break becomes especially awkward, when a man with whom he shared a hot anonymous hookup and a nasty argument afterward walks in. Edison Watts.<br><br>The moment they’re reunited, sexual sparks reignite. Too many conflicts force Stone to decree there can never be anything between them but the one night, though, even as fate keeps throwing them together throughout the school year, and developing feelings become hard to ignore.<br><br>Some problems are easily solved while others, including the reason for Edison’s initial attraction to Stone and the chip on Edison’s shoulder bigger than the high school’s football field, prove more difficult. Stone can teach, but he decides must also be willing to learn and grow. When Edison promises to do the same, can they find a way to make one and one equal two?

Substitute Teacher

They were meeting at two-thirty and could hopefully figure something out. There were several types of parents, he knew. Type one, thankfully the majority, accepted constructive criticism and cooperated. There were also the Type twos, those, “No way. My Johnny would never throw paint at Sally,” parents, who’d blame the other student, the teacher, or the entire educational system as a whole. Lastly, there were Type threes, the ones who simply wouldn’t show.


Passing time until Lee Riser, Addison’s mother or father, Stone presumed, was scheduled to arrive, Stone took another look at the Post-Its around the door frame. One was missing. “Damn it.”


“Stone Larrabee.” His jaw nearly hit the classroom’s black and red checkerboard tile at the sight when he turned.


Chapter 5