He’s Maple’s reigning bad boy. I’m the kindergarten teacher he can’t resist teasing. Every clash leaves us breathless, every rule we break brings us closer.
Brooks Kincaid storms through my classroom door—cocky, tattooed, dangerously handsome. His daughter stirs up trouble, but it’s Brooks who unsettles me the most. We argue daily, our spark impossible to hide. Now he’s the T-ball coach, and I can’t avoid him—or my feelings—for another minute.
He’s a single dad. I’m his daughter’s teacher. We’re off-limits, but our chemistry is all anyone talks about. When rumors threaten everything I’ve worked for, Brooks risks it all to stand by me.
The bad boy and the teacher just rewrote the playbook. Now it’s our turn to steal home—if the heart doesn’t call us out first.
Oh wow… At the start, I thought this was going to be a rom-com… I was getting those vibes from their interactions. Then, the author did us a dirty and started to make it emotional! The ‘enemies’ aspect didn’t last long, but the ‘lovers’ took a while to take over. I wouldn’t say it was a slow-burn… it was more a case of they were both in, until small-minded small-town busybodies got involved, and then they were stuck in limbo, while struggling to develop their relationship.
Well done, author. You had me laughing at the start, raging in the middle and feeling the love vibes towards the end. Balanced well, and a fun read.
-What begins with rom-com banter between the bad boy and the teacher quickly deepens. The enemies-to-lovers spark fades fast, replaced by real struggles with small-town gossip. It’s not a true slow-burn, but more of a push-pull shaped by outside pressure.
Funny, emotional, and heartfelt—the author delivers a well-balanced, engaging romance.
I loved Off-Limits! The characters were lovable and relatable. While I tend to not live too much angst and will they won't they vibes, I felt like Riley Sutton did it right, so I didn't mind as much. The character growth and healing was done very well.
Thank you to Little Bird Publishing for letting me read this as an ARC. This has been my voluntary review.