It was a one-night stand five years ago. As much as I hated myself for thinking about Emelia, I couldn’t help it. But she left town and life went on. I married someone else and started living. I thought we were both happy. I was wrong. My ex-wife walked out on me and our son, not wanting domestic anything. So I did the only thing I could. I started over. A single dad with my focus on my boy and …
I started over.
A single dad with my focus on my boy and my job teaching kiddos.
Until Emelia came back to town and got a job teaching at my school.
Then everything changed.
All those memories came rushing back in.
What we were supposed to be if that one night had turned into more.
Beautiful. Clever. Funny. With a body made for loving and a heart of gold.
I didn’t know what had been missing from my life until I kissed her again.
Her.
But she has a secret from our night together that threatens to change everything.
Seems I don’t have just one son.
I have two.
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Great second chance romance. Wonderful characters and story premise! I read an arc copy of this book
Loved this book. Another great story from Ali Parker. I would recommend this book.
5 stars
I received a free copy of the full length novel Getting Schooled by Ali Parker and this review was given freely.
A steamy and ironic well balanced story of fate, coincidence and a second chance at love. This is an emotional story containing realistic characters, a secret unplanned pregnancy, the brokenness resulting when a parent leaves, scenes from the high school and a steamy romance with a happy ending. Annapolis high school teacher and single dad Jace reunites with the woman from a steamy one night stand, the new history teacher, single mom Emelia who just happens to be his best friends’ wife’s best friend.
I recommend this book to you al!! I’d write a longer review but I was busy reading in between moving lol. So just let me say Kudos to Ali for another FABULOUS well written book!! But it Read it but most of all ENJOY IT TOO!!!. I received an arc for an review of this book.
“The second time around”
Emelia returns to town for a teaching job six years after she left. She and Jace had had a hot passionate night at a wedding prior to her leaving town. His wife and mother of his son has suddenly left them both. When Emelia returns to town for a teaching job, they are thrown together again. Their feelings for each other come alive, but what will happen when her secret is revealed? I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I did, as Ms. Parker never lets her readers down.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
This is a beautifully written second chance romance about a bridesmaid Emelia and a groomsman Jace and their one night stand 5 years ago.
Emelia never told anyone who the father was.
Linden was her son and her responsibility.
Jase was a divorced single dad to a 4year old Paxton.
Both were teachers and when Emelia took on the teaching job in the same school as Jase she knew things were going to change. What will happen if her secret comes out. A sweet read the characters had sexual chemistry and emotional history.
Recommended reading.
Great second chance romance by Ali! She really knows how to write an engaging storyline with likable characters. Jace and Emelia’s journey is full of secret, drama and heartache. Their chemistry is amazing right from the start and their love is able to overcome all obstacles. I liked that their children played a big role in the storyline and that their friends as a secondary characters were also well developed and added to the story. Also loved the epilogue, it was sweet and absolutely perfect for their HEA!
I received an advanced copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my honest review.
I enjoyed reading this second chance story, but I have moments where I’m not sure if I understand why I did. I adored Jace and the boys, the best friends and extended family. Emelia is where it breaks down a little bit for me. I’m fifty-fifty on secret baby plots. There’s only a couple of truly legitimate reasons I can support for a father not being told he has a child. None of those are anywhere in evidence in this book, and that bothered me. However, I did appreciate her contrition when the secret was revealed. It helped me to come to terms with what she did and find the same forgiveness as Jace. I loved the ending. I think it was absolutely adorable. Jace and Emilia form a perfect partnership when everything is said and done.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
I can’t help but want to get schooled myself
Emelia, a secondary school history teacher, and Jace, a secondary school literature teacher, met six years ago at their respective best friend’s wedding. As the story progresses lines begin to blur, choices made have severe consequences, and facing reality while gaining forgiveness will be the most difficult hurdle to overcome. Ali Parker’s Getting Schooled draws a new picture of happiness available in spite of tough decisions made. Focusing on the ability of love to overcome obstacles and providing realistic situations, I can’t help but want to get schooled myself. I really would have loved to have a teacher like Jace in secondary school.
I received a free copy of the book from the author. I had the opportunity to review or not.
Great storyline, hot passionate characters. Jace and Emelia – a second chance romance full of all the emotions, secrets, drama. This is a sweet romance with a HEA. Loved it!
GETTING SCHOOLED By Ali Parker
I know when I pick up a book by Ali Parker I am getting the full deal. A solid story line that pulls me right in, great characters that I care about right off that have hot passionate chemistry, and secondary characters that are fleshed out and part of the integral story line. Getting Schooled is no exception and a great second chance romance.
Jace is a high school teacher that is raising a four year old by himself after his ex-wife walks out on them both. Emelia is a brand new teacher who just got a job at the same school as Jace, she is also the mother of a five year old who has been keeping a secret. They had a one night stand six years prior when their best friends got married, but had not seen each other since. You need to read this! This is a definite 5 star read!
Emelia met Jace at her best friends wedding and had a hot one night stand together. They met again six years later and are both single parents and work at the same school and they still have a chemistry between them. Will they get a second chance with each other when Emelia tells Jace her secret or is it to late. This book takes you into the story right from the first page and you feel that you have to keep turning the page’s to see what happens next. I have read many of Ali’s books and I have never been disappointed as she is an amazing author and her books are so well written. I definitely recommend you read this book and you will not be disappointed.
I Voluntarily Reviewed an ARC Copy Of This Book.
Ali Parker’s Getting Schooled is a second chance romance that keeps a slew of emotions, secrets and drama going strong. The story is well written, the characters are well designed and the chemistry is hot!! You’ll love Jace and Emelia! Grab it today
I have voluntarily read and reviewed this advanced readers copy
I absolutely loved this book and was honored to have been able to read and review. It was such a phenomenal read and had amazing characters as well as an amazing story line. I just could not get enough of it and once I started reading it I could not put it down. I recommend that you read it.
Having a second chance if her secret comes out.
Jace is a single father with a son after he ex walked out leaving them. He’s a high school teacher and watching his son. Emelia is a teacher but had a one night stand six years ago with Jace and then they walked away. But she has a surprise from then that she’s not told. They run into each other and there are still sparks between them. Neither thought they had a second chance but are willing to try but will Emilia’s secret end them before they even start? I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book.
He’s a single father raising a son by himself after his ex walks out on them. He never expected that he would get a second chance to start again but when Emelia shows up at the school that he teaches at, he is in for a surprise. They still have the feelings for each other after years apart but will her secret keep them apart? This touching story will have you in Jace and Emelia’s corner as they try to the gap between them to a happily ever after. I voluntarily agreed to receive n ARC of this book for an honest review.
Awesome characters and book, didn’t want it to end!!!!!!!
I was totally engaged with this book from the very beginning with the well written storyline and characters that were so well developed that this book was a real page turner until the very end!
This is a breathtakingly beautiful story about second chances, friendship, and family. Jace is a single father and high school teacher attempting to heal his son’s broken hear following his mom’s departure. Emelia is a single mom who moves to Annapolis for a new teaching job. Jace and Emelia have a past, a one night stand at a wedding that resulted in a secret she never shared. Now six years later when they are reunited, Jace and Emelia rediscover the connection and love they thought had faded is very much still there. Getting Schooled is a wonderfully well written romantic story filled with anger, heartache, second chances, secrets, passion, healing, and love Readers will fall in love with this new story from Ali Parker and sensational characters she has created. I loved reading this book. It has definitely become a favorite that I couldn’t put down.
“I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this novel.”