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The Educators #3
Maybe This Time
Welcome to The Educators, Kathryn Shay’s bold new series of never before published novellas. Veteran teacher Shay returns to one of her favorite settings and vividly portrays the teachers, administrators and students of Crystal Corners High School. As is her trademark, sizzling romances are back-dropped by controversial, complicated and sometimes dangerous situations.
MAYBE THIS TIME features Delaney Dawson, a good teacher who has just been transferred to the high school. Her lessons are innovative, she participates in school activities and her students love her. But when she hooks up with the Gage Grayson, the father of a girl she has in class, a myriad of problems occur. First, the two adults didn’t know of their connection through Stephanie. And Stephanie hates her father, which jeopardizes the troubled teen’s burgeoning relationship with her teacher. But when they learn that Steph is being lured in by a bad crowd with a proclivity towards school violence, all three must work together to prevent deadly consequences.
If you enjoyed this book, you may also like the two other Educator stories, Still the One and Someone Like You, both available now.
Praise for Kathryn Shay’s novels
“Shay knows how to pack an emotional wallop.” Booklist
“Shay is a master of her craft.” Catherine Anderson, USA Bestselling Author
“Kathryn Shay never disappoints!” Lisa Gardner, New Times Bestselling Author
“I don’t know when I’ve been more involved in a novel’s characters and story.” The Romance Reader
“Shay’s powerful characters and emotional topics strike a chord with her readers and have earned her a well deserved place among the top romance authors.” Waldenbooks Romantic Reader
“Shay writes an emotion-packed story.” RT Book Club
“Ms. Shay knows her way around a steamy love scene.” Romance Reviews Today.
“Shay’s writing trademark is taking seemingly impossible relationships and developing them into classic tales of true love.” Fresh Fiction
Praise for Shay’s High School Stories
“Kathryn Shay has carefully and precisely brought the reality of high school life into focus.” An Amazon Reader
“Shay uses her own extensive background as a high-school teacher to create believable teenagers.” The Romance Reader
Praise for Still the One
“Kathryn Shay never shies away from tough or controversial subject matter. I thought all the issues in this book were handled with care, and ably so. She made both characters immensely appealing, so I was really rooting for them to make it work…she does so, amazingly.” Lori Sheridan, Good Reads
MAYBE THIS TIME features Delaney Dawson, a good teacher who has just been transferred to the high school. Her lessons are innovative, she participates in school activities and her students love her. But when she hooks up with the Gage Grayson, the father of a girl she has in class, a myriad of problems occur. First, the two adults didn’t know of their connection through Stephanie. And Stephanie hates her father, which jeopardizes the troubled teen’s burgeoning relationship with her teacher. But when they learn that Steph is being lured in by a bad crowd with a proclivity towards school violence, all three must work together to prevent deadly consequences.
If you enjoyed this book, you may also like the two other Educator stories, Still the One and Someone Like You, both available now.
Praise for Kathryn Shay’s novels
“Shay knows how to pack an emotional wallop.” Booklist
“Shay is a master of her craft.” Catherine Anderson, USA Bestselling Author
“Kathryn Shay never disappoints!” Lisa Gardner, New Times Bestselling Author
“I don’t know when I’ve been more involved in a novel’s characters and story.” The Romance Reader
“Shay’s powerful characters and emotional topics strike a chord with her readers and have earned her a well deserved place among the top romance authors.” Waldenbooks Romantic Reader
“Shay writes an emotion-packed story.” RT Book Club
“Ms. Shay knows her way around a steamy love scene.” Romance Reviews Today.
“Shay’s writing trademark is taking seemingly impossible relationships and developing them into classic tales of true love.” Fresh Fiction
Praise for Shay’s High School Stories
“Kathryn Shay has carefully and precisely brought the reality of high school life into focus.” An Amazon Reader
“Shay uses her own extensive background as a high-school teacher to create believable teenagers.” The Romance Reader
Praise for Still the One
“Kathryn Shay never shies away from tough or controversial subject matter. I thought all the issues in this book were handled with care, and ably so. She made both characters immensely appealing, so I was really rooting for them to make it work…she does so, amazingly.” Lori Sheridan, Good Reads
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First published February 15, 2011
About the author
Kathryn Shay
170 books499 followersKathryn Shay is a lifelong writer. At fifteen, she penned her first 'romance,' a short story about a female newspaper reporter in New York City and her fight to make a name for herself in a world of male journalists - and with one hardheaded editor in particular. Looking back, Kathryn says she should have known then that writing was in her future. But as so often happens, fate sent her detouring down another path.
Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."
Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.
Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-one books for Harlequin, nine mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.
Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.
Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."
Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."
Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.
Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-one books for Harlequin, nine mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.
Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.
Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."
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November 11, 2020
Great end of this series
Short read, but a good story.
Delaney Dawson has had a terrible childhood. She is the new English teacher who replaced Annie Jacobs Kane. Her students love her and she loved her job. When she gets stuck in Atlanta after her flight to Rochester is cancelled, she meets an attractive man Gage. They spend the next 12 hours together spending time together. They promise to see each other again back at home.
But the shock comes on Tuesday when Delaney is called into the principal's office to defend one of her favorite students, Stephanie Grayson. Because with Steph is none other than Gage; Stephanie's dad.
She can't date a student's father, it's against the rules. But when a surprise stuns both Gage and Delaney, she doesn't know what her future will be like now.
A must read!
Short read, but a good story.
Delaney Dawson has had a terrible childhood. She is the new English teacher who replaced Annie Jacobs Kane. Her students love her and she loved her job. When she gets stuck in Atlanta after her flight to Rochester is cancelled, she meets an attractive man Gage. They spend the next 12 hours together spending time together. They promise to see each other again back at home.
But the shock comes on Tuesday when Delaney is called into the principal's office to defend one of her favorite students, Stephanie Grayson. Because with Steph is none other than Gage; Stephanie's dad.
She can't date a student's father, it's against the rules. But when a surprise stuns both Gage and Delaney, she doesn't know what her future will be like now.
A must read!
June 21, 2011
2.5 stars C-
In this, the conclusion of The Educators trilogy, one of Shay's teachers again confronts tough issues while finding love. This time it's the cool, young teacher who gets her turn. While stuck at Atlanta's airport on her way home, Delaney meets a man and proceeds to have a hot and sizzling one-night stand, that both feel might turn into more. Later, she finds out that this man is non other than her favorite student's father, Gage. Stephanie is not just a favorite student, but a troubled and psychologically fragile teenager who trusts Delaney as an adult. A relationship with Stephanie's father is out of the question, but as the parent and teacher have more contact with each other the mutual attraction becomes a frustrating, losing battle for the couple.
This contemporary romance had good moments with a couple that had chemistry and again, that good high school atmosphere with teachers that care. However, I had just one too many problems with it, including the amount of issues that were thrown into the simmering pot for Gage and Delaney. Stephanie's psychological rebelliousness, the school situation, the way over-the-top drama with Stephanie's friends, Stephanie's mother and how her bipolar illness was handled within the story. Most of all the unplanned pregnancy, which is not one of my favorite devices, and how that affected the romance between the two main characters. So, not a favorite read for me.
In this, the conclusion of The Educators trilogy, one of Shay's teachers again confronts tough issues while finding love. This time it's the cool, young teacher who gets her turn. While stuck at Atlanta's airport on her way home, Delaney meets a man and proceeds to have a hot and sizzling one-night stand, that both feel might turn into more. Later, she finds out that this man is non other than her favorite student's father, Gage. Stephanie is not just a favorite student, but a troubled and psychologically fragile teenager who trusts Delaney as an adult. A relationship with Stephanie's father is out of the question, but as the parent and teacher have more contact with each other the mutual attraction becomes a frustrating, losing battle for the couple.
This contemporary romance had good moments with a couple that had chemistry and again, that good high school atmosphere with teachers that care. However, I had just one too many problems with it, including the amount of issues that were thrown into the simmering pot for Gage and Delaney. Stephanie's psychological rebelliousness, the school situation, the way over-the-top drama with Stephanie's friends, Stephanie's mother and how her bipolar illness was handled within the story. Most of all the unplanned pregnancy, which is not one of my favorite devices, and how that affected the romance between the two main characters. So, not a favorite read for me.
November 19, 2016
Maybe This Time: The Educators Book 3 is by Kathryn Shay. It is the third in the Educators series and is just as good as the first one. This one shows how easy it is for teachers to get involved in the lives of their students. It also shows how students can really want to do what is best but don’t always have the skills to get them out of a predicament when they need to.
Delaney Dawson was coming back from the wedding of her best friend when she was inadvertently detained in Rochester due to a snow storm. Here she helped a pregnant woman with her child and then went to dinner with a man she just met, Gage. One thing led to another and they ended up spending the night together. When morning came, they caught their plane and went their different directions, with him holding her phone number.
Upon returning to school, Delaney found herself headed to the principal’s office as one of her students was asking for her. When she entered the office, she came face to face with Gage- her student’s father. Stephanie told Delaney what had happened and why she had shown disrespect for her science teacher. Then Delaney and Gage set out to help Stephanie while she was grounded. Maybe they should have not paid as much attention to themselves.
Can they keep their involvement from Stephanie? Can they help her cope with the divorce and her unhealthy relationships at school? Can Delaney help Stephanie and Gage get closer again? Can she just step out of the picture?
Delaney Dawson was coming back from the wedding of her best friend when she was inadvertently detained in Rochester due to a snow storm. Here she helped a pregnant woman with her child and then went to dinner with a man she just met, Gage. One thing led to another and they ended up spending the night together. When morning came, they caught their plane and went their different directions, with him holding her phone number.
Upon returning to school, Delaney found herself headed to the principal’s office as one of her students was asking for her. When she entered the office, she came face to face with Gage- her student’s father. Stephanie told Delaney what had happened and why she had shown disrespect for her science teacher. Then Delaney and Gage set out to help Stephanie while she was grounded. Maybe they should have not paid as much attention to themselves.
Can they keep their involvement from Stephanie? Can they help her cope with the divorce and her unhealthy relationships at school? Can Delaney help Stephanie and Gage get closer again? Can she just step out of the picture?
February 24, 2011
Yet again, Shay confronts a tough issue, with a teenager totally disengaging from society, her parents, and her school. She gets involved with a crowd of girls with a vendetta against a teacher, and has to decide how to handle it.
Her favorite teacher, Delaney, met her dad on a trip to Atlanta, although they each didn't know who the other was. They couldn't wait to carry forward, until they realized their relationship to the other and knew they couldn't continue the relationship.
As Gage and Delaney try to keep their one night stand secret, they cannot deny the growing feelings between them as they try to do the right and ethical thing for all involved.
Meanwhile, as Stephanie tries to deal with her hurt feelings stemming from a mentally ill and therefore seemingly uncaring mother, her perceived disciplinarian father, and her parent's divorce, she has to decide whether to accept her dad's overtures of love and healing while also trying to decide if she should tell an adult what she has learned about her schoolmates.
Shay addresses teacher/parent relationships, school violence, and, teenage disenfranchisement in this short novel, and as always does it with grace and spot-on characterization.
Her favorite teacher, Delaney, met her dad on a trip to Atlanta, although they each didn't know who the other was. They couldn't wait to carry forward, until they realized their relationship to the other and knew they couldn't continue the relationship.
As Gage and Delaney try to keep their one night stand secret, they cannot deny the growing feelings between them as they try to do the right and ethical thing for all involved.
Meanwhile, as Stephanie tries to deal with her hurt feelings stemming from a mentally ill and therefore seemingly uncaring mother, her perceived disciplinarian father, and her parent's divorce, she has to decide whether to accept her dad's overtures of love and healing while also trying to decide if she should tell an adult what she has learned about her schoolmates.
Shay addresses teacher/parent relationships, school violence, and, teenage disenfranchisement in this short novel, and as always does it with grace and spot-on characterization.
August 10, 2013
maybe a 2.5 for this one. Just something about it that I couldn't get past. I know it was the third in a series the first two I haven't read and don't plan to. I could not connect with this story but persevered and read it to the end.
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