Teasing the Teacher

by Lisa Freed

Will an unconventional crush lead to forever for a determined young woman and her former teacher?

ASHLEY

The moment I saw him, I knew he was the one. It was a shame a silly little thing like age got in the way. Oh, and that he was my twelfth-grade history teacher, and that sort of thing is frowned on. He never knew how hopelessly in love with him I was then. A lot has changed in the four years since I was in high school, but not my feelings for him. It’s time to show him how happy we can be together and I’m not going to let anything get in the way of my happily ever after.

CARTER

Imagine my surprise when a gorgeous younger woman approaches me. Her confidence and candor are a welcome change and instantly captivate me. Despite our age difference, we have so much in common that I can’t help thinking I’ve finally found my other half. Things are happening quickly, and everything is perfect, yet the nagging feeling that I’ve met her before lingers.

When the truth comes out, will we be able to put the past behind us, or is this the end of our connection?

Teasing the Teacher is a short, sweet and steamy story featuring a determined heroine and the sweet older man who wins her heart. It’s a standalone with no cliffhangers and a very satisfying HEA!

Genres: Romance, Ebooks, Smut

129 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2023

About the author

Lisa's a sucker for anything romance. From middle school on she was sneak reading her mom's romances. Big, beefy man on the cover? She was there!
Alphas, Billionaires, and English Lords- oh my!
But at the end of the day a tender tyrant is what truly made her little heart go pitter patter.
She writes feel-good stories about imperfect people finding their HEA. Because it's not a romance without a most satisfying HEA.

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely Perfect!

I loved this story so much. It totally had me rooting for the lying, stalking, and spying Ashley. The only thing was I was completely on edge the entire book about how and when carter would find out she was a former student. Seriously, sooo much anxiety. I kind of wish the story was longer I want to see Carter find out she really hates that band and was actually a virgin. Maybe admit those poison brownies had a love potion in them. I guess I’ll just have to use my imagination. Loved! Definitely on the reread shelf!

Read 2: I still really enjoyed this it seems so real. At least to me. I certainly don’t identify with the heroine AT ALL. I can’t believe it has such a low rating.

Read 3: Another comfort read that I sorely needed. The low ratings on this book are criminal.

[Terra Oenning · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was good and will have you hooked from the beginning until the end. It's older man and younger woman taboo and teacher and ex student and so much more. Ashley had it bad for her teacher but never acted on it but now she's older and all bets are off but will she get hurt in the long run?.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[☆☆Hannah☆☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good read. Ashley has liked Carter since her senior year of high school. He was her teacher then. However, it's now been four years and she decides to make her move. Things move quickly between them but everything works out for them in the end.

[Manisha Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is an older man younger woman instalove steamy sexy hot short romance. The characters are likeable and their chemistry is on fire . This book is a great read.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was insane

[Christa Niner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ashley has had her eye on Carter for some time now. When she first met him he was Mr. McLaughlin and he was her senior year history teacher. She knew then that he was going to be hers she just had to wait for the perfect time. Four years later she is ready to make her move. Short and easy read with a little bit of spice!

[Dyjonnay Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute Quick Read!!!

I want moreeeeee!!!! I l really liked this story i just wish it wasn’t short!!! Does it make me crazy i wasn’t put off by her approach????


One thing though if it was me and i did some planning/ stalking just to get to that first meeting i would’ve asked him out. I wouldn’t have waited for him to ask me!

[Sara Vee · Rating 4 out of 5]

The former goth girl who dates the history teacher she had a crush on whose birthday happens to be Halloween. I see you, girl.

[Katie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just thought the plot was odd, it was badly written and the lack of complex characters or like any characters explored and it just felt like a lot of spice that was acting like a filler for the lack of proper plot. Also I feel like the male main character had nothing about him, and the female main character was just weird and her behaviour was just creepy and odd. Again, with the writing it just felt like obviously not the spice but a child had wrote it 😭

I’ve seen others have loved it wasnt for me personally

[SJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Really good. While reading I wondered what made me choose this MF book to read. So much disappointment with reading mf’s. This one did not disappoint and for most of it I was almost delighted with the way the story was going. I kept waiting for some trope to ruin the plot, but it never happened. These were two wonderful MCs, Carter and Ashley. The h was well written with no annoying attitude that often ruins an mf. She was kind and forthright and tried to be as honest as she could while maintaining the deception that she and Carter were meeting for the first time. In reality, he had been a high school teacher of hers and she is committed as an adult to winning the heart of the teacher she fell in love with those years ago. A complete makeover and first name change enables Ashley to do a meet cute with Carter and the instant attraction between them has the relationship igniting. The short lived drama was Carter finding out who she was.
The author knows their way around a sex scene, but the book needed more than one on page and mentions of others. Definitely more heat was needed as Carter was f hot in a handsome, schoolteacher way. There is an age gap between he and Ashley, I think it was 24 and 40, but their interests meshed along with the physical chemistry.
The writing was good. It didn’t have huge depth, but I read every word and enjoyed it. Would read another mf by this author as good ones are hard to find.
I just realized why I chose this book. Cover guy, that’s my cover guy. That’s him behind the glasses. 😍

[Emily Pennington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still in Love . . .

When she was a high school senior, Ashley had a crush on her history teacher, Carter McLaughlin. And moving on through college, the crush did not go away and she is ready to make her move to entice him into the relationship she has been longing for.

Carter doesn’t recognize her when they meet, aside from a vague feeling that he knew her from somewhere. He does realize she is young, but he is delighted with her confidence and outgoing personality. Their relationship together is comfortably working out, until he is made aware that she was his student at one time. Now he begins to doubt everything and wonders if she had planned to deceive him for some nefarious purpose. Or was it just a twisted cruel game? Will he listen to her side of things when he confronts her? Or will he stubbornly refuse to hear the truth and walk away from the love she cherished only for him?

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carter was Ashley's high school History teacher. She was attracted to him then, but he did not feel the same way. Ashley went to college and changed from being Goth to being herself. Now she is back and works to get him to notice her by asking to share a table with him. He does not know her, but agrees to share a table with her. They talk and he asks for her number. They begin dating and develop deeper feelings for each other. Then Carter finds out she was his student. What happens to their feelings? What happens to their relationship? Can it stand the truth?

I enjoyed this story. I wish it were longer because I would have liked to see what happens between them later. I liked Carter and Ashley. I wish she would have been honest from the beginning, but I understand why she felt she couldn't. I can understand Carter's hurt. I would have liked to see what we weren't told during the story, such as, how did they recover.

This was a quick read.

[Shawna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved Teasing the Teacher : An Age Gap Romance Love Unexpected. It may have seemed a little stalker’ish in the beginning but I actually enjoyed it. Ashley had a crush on her history teacher when she was a senior, now she’s back home after college and determined to make him fall in love with her. Carter finds Ashley amazing, a bit young for him but he can’t resist her; he doesn’t remember her or that she was a student. They end up having an amazing connection until someone points out to Carter that Ashley was a student. Now that he knows he things the whole thing was a set up. Will he ever forgive Ashley? Can she just walk away without a fight? This was a sweet storyline and I loved the characters. I would definitely recommend this book.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashley has been crushing on her former high school teacher since she was in twelfth grade. Four years later she's gone from a crush to stalkerish determined to prove to him that they belong together. This is a short age gap romance with an interesting twist on getting her man. Teasing The Teacher was my first book from the Love Unexpected series and I look forward to reading the rest of this series. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.

[Lizette Diaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashley has known that Carter was meant to be hers. Their only problem he is her teacher and things like this don't happen in their town. After four years away, Ashley is more mature and knows what she wants, but Carter can get over her being his former teacher and them having an age gap. I love how these two get the perfect ending. I'm such a huge fan of every book Lisa writes.

[Kiley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Teasing the Teacher, Book 12 of the Love Unexpected series, was about 22-year-old Ashley Sinclair and 39-year-old (soon to be 40) Carter McLaughlin, a man who had been her twelfth-grade history teacher.
Although Ashley had a crush on her history teacher during her senior year in high school, she never let him know about it, and she never acted on it. Five years later, she saw him again while having lunch.
Side Note: Once again the author's timeline didn't quite match up. Both the blurb and the first chapter of the story stated two different things. The blurb said it had been four years since her senior year, and the book stated it had been five years, only for it to immediately change back to four years. This author was quite inconsistent with her timeline in all of her stories in this series, and this final book was no different.
In the time that spanned from her senior year until the time she met up with Carter again, Ashley had gone through a major physical change. In high school, she had been a "moody goth girl" with multiple piercings. Yet the day she decided was "the day" that things were going to change between her and Carter, she was a "blonde bombshell".
This was not a good way to end the series. The FMC was a bit of a douche in how she tricked the MMC into becoming her BF. For 4-5 years, she had basically stalked him, so that when "the day" she had chosen finally arrived, she had everything worked out to make him believe they were perfect for each other. She even went so far as to pretend to like some of the same things he enjoyed, just to get his attention. The MMC was a bit of a pushover and a sap-sucker just waiting to be tricked. For a man who was about to turn 40, he certainly seemed to have his head stuck in the sand when it came to relationships.
The emotional rollercoaster ride was a bit boring, as was the whole story. Unfortunately, it's going to be one that I will regret reading. Therefore, I can't give it more than a half-star rating, rounded up to a single star. It just didn't deserve more. I'm certainly glad it was the final book in the series. I just don't think I could stomach another one.

[ShelfishlyKelly📚 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay not the best review I’ve ever written but…

I read the first book of this “series” if stand-alones and was very underwhelmed. I would not have read this one if not for having received it free/very cheap (can’t remember which). I was happy to learn this one wasn’t as bad as the first but it was still just okay.

First of all, I was annoyed with our female lead because she spent all this time planning to seduce this “perfect” man but has to fake interest in his hobbies and interests just to get a conversation started.

The only two other things I feel like mentioning are that each character is described as having a spicy scent. Hers is her perfume and his is just described as having a spicy scent with a hint of peppermint. Why can’t we have unique scent profiles? This is the second book I’ve read in recent weeks where the author chooses to make both leads have similar profiles even though there are plenty of other options to choose from. The other thing is my annoyance with the fact that both books from this series that I’ve read consist of one of the characters dropping their phone and breaking the screen. And I might not have even cared had I read all the books in order and possibly forgotten by book 12 what happened in book 1 but having read them so close to one another it just feels so unoriginal. Like why did this have to get repeated? In the first book there was not really any reason for the character to drop it at all as far as I can remember whereas in this one it’s a setup for why he can’t call her later when he wants to makeup with her.

The book overall was pretty corny, not that that’s necessarily a bad thing but it’s not likely I’ll read any others from this series.

[SpeedReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️’s | The teacher who had no idea he was dating a past student

• Story/Plot: 📖📖📖 /5
• Characters: 🫂🫂🫂
• Drama/Angst: 😰😰😰😰
• Steam: 🔥🔥
• POV: Dual
• HEA? ✔️
Would I re-read? No, but I’d read another book by author


The FMC was a goth kid who was in lust with her high school history teacher, the MMC. Years later, after growing up a bit and un-gothing, she manufactures a meeting with him as a young, blonde, cheerleader-type. He’s super shy and super sweet and definitely NOT an alpha male character that most stories center around.

After the story got going, I was entirely too stressed about him figuring out who she was because she wouldn’t fess up. (True story, I had to read the last chapter before I could get too far into the story lol) It ends up with a happy resolution but I was supremely disappointed that we didn’t get to see much of them together after he discovers the truth (no details, don’t want to ruin story!)

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. The opinions above are 100% my own & 100% genuine!

[Brittney Ambruster · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ashley just graduated high school and for the last FOUR years she’s been stalking her HS history teacher. She discovered what he likes and stalks him and finds out his routine. She’s changed her entire appearance and has went from a goth shy high school girl to a colorful aesthetic blonde. So when she “accidentally” bumps into him at the restaurant he goes to every Saturday he doesn’t recognize her as a former student. She’s wearing a band tee of one of his favorite artists (even though she hates the music) and manipulates him. She saves her VIRGINITY for this man. They end up dating and he doesn’t find out until one of his colleagues recognizes her. He says he’s done with her but in the end they get back together and are engaged.
My main issue with this is the stalking. Just because she’s a young women and the roles aren’t reversed doesn’t mean it’s not stalking. Gave it two stars because it’s not poorly written the story line was just gross to me

[kimblah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I actually would rate this book 2.5 stars, but I cannot do that on Goodreads so, alas — 2 stars!

Ashley is in her early 20s now, which is great because ever since she was a senior in high school she’s been obsessed (sorry, she has had a “crush” on) with her history teacher! So now that she is old enough, she decides it is time to put all of that stalking to good use and try to seduce her old teacher, Carter McLaughlin.

So when she “runs into him” at his favorite BBQ place and he doesn’t remember her from school (she’s changed a lot), she is thrilled to enact her plan! The rest of the short story follows them as they fall for one another and navigate hard truths.

So this book is described as a “sweet and steamy” short story. While it was steamy, I’m not sure I’d call her stalking him sweet. He was a very nice guy though, so maybe that’s why the book is described as sweet.

Aside from that, I took away at least a star and a half because I thought the writing was poor. Or the editing. Or both, I guess. I don’t think I will read any of this authors other books.

[Harriet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ashley had a crush on her history teacher in 12th grade. Four years later at 22 she is ready to make her move and seduce the hell out of him. Cater nearing his 40s is lonely, he wants a relationship, a wife a connection but is unexcited when it comes to dating apps. When a young beauty sits next to him at his favourite restaurant he can't believe that she is interested. He sees it all with her, but when he finds out she orchestated thier meeting and she was a former student of his, he feels betrayed. Will they be able to move past this?

This was a quick, and fun read, not quite what I was expecting but I found it refreshing and enjoyable. This is insta love so expect the leads to fall hard and fast, it was well written and had a super sweet and sexy HEA.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Aliama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ashley was a student of Carter’s years ago and had a crush on him. She knew then that they were meant to be. After keeping tabs on him for years she makes a plan for how they meet. Carter has made it a policy to never date former students. When he meets Ashley he’s immediately attracted to her and decides to pursue things. This was a good older man younger woman story. Carter is not into dating and is looking for a relationship. He thinks he’s found one with Ashley until he gets some information about her past and now he has to make a choice. Ashley is a bit selfish with hiding her secret but she does it for good reasons and not with the intent of hurting Carter. I received an arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Casey Drieling · Rating 4 out of 5]

📚Book Review📚
Teasing the Teacher by Lisa Freed

Book54/50 was 4⭐️!

She was his student, but he has no idea…
She’s been in love with him since Day 1. When they finally and “accidentally” meet “for the first time”, is it love at first sight or will she have to work for it? Can she convince him age is just a number? But… What happens when he realizes she’s been falsifying who she truly is?

Sparks fly and fibs are told, but that’s okay when it’s in the name of love… right!?

This book was really good, and included some love with a little creepy/stalkerish vibe, but I loved finding out where it would go and what would happen between Ashley and Carter! A new-to-me author, and she didn’t disappoint!

As always,
Happy Reading! 🩷

[casvec · Rating 4 out of 5]

After college, Ashley has returned to her new hometown a different woman than when she left, but the one thing she did not change was her feelings for Carter, her high school history teacher.

Carter was approaching forty and was tired of being alone. While looking at a dating, a young woman approached him. He was surprised someone so young would have anything in common with him.

Ashley and Carter are a sweet couple, with a fun connection, but when the truth comes out, Carter is not sure what to believe.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Ms. Shawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ashley has had a crush on Carter McLaughlin since he was her high school history teacher during her senior year. In high school she dressed in all black with goth makeup and had dyed black hair. Now after college, her hair is back to its natural blonde color and she shows off her naturally curvy body. She works for her parents and is ready to pursue Carter.

What happens when she approaches him at his favorite barbeque place? Will Carter remember Ashley? Will Ashley tell him that she is a former student? When Ashley sees Carter, does she still feel the same way about him or was is just a crush?.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Fran · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a well written story about a young woman who has been stalking her teacher to make him fall in love with her. Carter and Ashley are hot and steamy together and the ride they are on is exciting and fun. But what will Carter do when he finds out Ashley has planned it all out. It is so well written you are wanting Ashley to win Carters’ love and for them to have a happy ever after. Absolutely loved this excellent story. Great wonderful read!!.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Gina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I give this book 4 stars bc I COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN!!! I was kicking air and super giddyyyy!

SPOILERRRSSS


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However,

I was still very conflicted about her being one of his students and getting over that so quickly. I understand he’s not a Pedo or anything but, I think I would’ve not brought up the previous student thing lmaoooo.




I also read the after Epilogue (Ten Years Later) that you have to subscribe to at the end of the book to read & it’s nice to know how that they are still happily married with children.

[Nicole Potter · Rating 5 out of 5]

What will Carter say when he realises who Ashley is?

Ashley & Carter's story is a great, short, steamy read. Ashley has loved Carter since he was her grade 12 History teacher. She kept her love hidden. Now 4 years after she has graduated she runs into him & can't hide her love anymore. Can she show Carter that age is no barrier?.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[JLH · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. decent thought process for the story. She change basically her whole persona to try to attract her former teacher. Teachers are great. Some are honest some not so much. deceit or truths, admittance of the lengths gone through to entice is more growing up but feelings seems still childish. Not sure if i agree with the ending.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[paola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh My Gosh, I loved this so much! This took me about an hour to read and it was great beginning to end. I loved both characters and the story moved along so fast. I’m just sad there’s not MORE of them! I’m so glad the drama didn’t go on and on and on because sometimes it’s too much. This was just a couple of pages which was perfect thank you 🙏🏻 Ugh all in all, it was amazing and I would read it again.
PS the stalking was pretty weird so I don’t condone that at all