Budget Cuts and Midnight Lust by M. Jayne LaDow

Emma Bennett has a purple ponytail, a chipped World’s Best PE Teacher mug, and one rule: don’t fall for the man dismantling everything she’s built.

She’s broken the mug twice. The rule is next.

Dr. Max Harrison is precise, logical, and far too good-looking for a middle school. He’s got a $50,000 grant on the line and zero interest in catching feelings for the woman who treats his spreadsheets like a personal attack.

When budget cuts force them to merge Field Day and the science fair — one event, one gym, one disaster waiting to happen — their arguments start feeling like foreplay. Between a PTA showdown, a sassy macaw, and a fire-drill kiss, they’ll have to figure out what they’re fighting for.

Turns out the most volatile reactions happen when two incompatible elements turn out to be perfect together.

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Category: Romantic Comedy

Rachel Bright doesn’t give second chances. Keith Payt — charming, easygoing, allergic to commitment — was her lesson.
That was a year ago. She’s over it. She’s fine.
So fine that when their principal sends them to a holiday co-teaching conference, she barely notices how easily they fall back into rhythm. Until a snowstorm strands them in Charlottesville with one hotel room, one bed, and Keith sliding straight back into her life.
Keeping him warm was practical. What happens next is anything but.
Back in Marchfield, Keith is different — roller skating, escape rooms, late-night talks neither wants to end. Her heart isn’t listening.
When a ghost from Keith’s past threatens what she’s rebuilt, Rachel has to decide what she wants — not what’s safe, but what she deserves.
Keith has never been a grand gesture man. For Rachel, he’s willing to become one — just in time for the holidays.

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