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Unexpected Attraction
She swore never to trust him… Hardworking single mom Andrea Taylor thought she knew everything about her teenage daughter. She doesn't. Her teen is being bullied, and the school has brought in Jake Polegato to help. But the charming psychologist is the last man Andrea wants meddling in her family affairs. Andrea has good reason to despise Jake, but her daughter comes first. Yet as Andrea and Jake work together, she begins to see the man he really is. As tensions turn into undeniable attraction, Andrea finds herself in dangerously unfamiliar territory. Because now she doesn't just need Jake's help…she needs him.
250 pages, ebook
Published June 1, 2017
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Stella Maclean
34 books142 followersI fell in love with reading at a very early age, mostly because my mother was a school teacher and she insisted that my sisters and I be able to read really well. It wasn't until a career change that I was able to embrace my joy of writing. I'm happiest when I'm writing. I will always write. I can't help myself.
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June 9, 2017
Andrea Taylor has taken an aggressive stance in raising her daughter, particularly after her nasty divorce from a husband who quickly remarries and begins another family. Is this because she's felt bullied, but never stood up to him?
When her daughter is injured, but refuses to talk to Andrea about it, the school calls in the same child psychologist who met the family during the divorce proceedings. Andrea's immediate reaction is anger and lashing out. After all, the psychologist, Jake Polegato, had tended to side with the smooth-talking father.
This time, however, he observes something that he missed the last time. And he finds himself attracted to the prickly Andrea, in spite of his earlier misgivings. More important, however, is his desire to help the girl.
What finally comes out allows the author to explore some of the issues surrounding bullying behavior and the teen's coming-out as gay. Who can she tell without incurring additional anger? Will her mother accept her? She already suspects her father won't. But what about her aging grandmother? And what about her best friend, who is now dating one of the boys who've been bedeviling her?
A story that raises contemporary questions.
When her daughter is injured, but refuses to talk to Andrea about it, the school calls in the same child psychologist who met the family during the divorce proceedings. Andrea's immediate reaction is anger and lashing out. After all, the psychologist, Jake Polegato, had tended to side with the smooth-talking father.
This time, however, he observes something that he missed the last time. And he finds himself attracted to the prickly Andrea, in spite of his earlier misgivings. More important, however, is his desire to help the girl.
What finally comes out allows the author to explore some of the issues surrounding bullying behavior and the teen's coming-out as gay. Who can she tell without incurring additional anger? Will her mother accept her? She already suspects her father won't. But what about her aging grandmother? And what about her best friend, who is now dating one of the boys who've been bedeviling her?
A story that raises contemporary questions.
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