The golden boy who made my childhood miserable is all grown up… and my new boss.

Look, I didn’t run away from my prestigious teaching job. I just… needed a change… as a substitute teacher… in the podunk town I left fourteen years ago.

The cherry on top? The principal is Sawyer Strong, the boy whose relentless teasing would make me cry. And my boss is as good looking as someone dubbed the Prince of Blue Ridge ought to be. Broad chest, bulging biceps, a jawline to make marble statues weep.

I still hate him, and he’s everywhere in this town.

At the bar, caging me against a wall.

Downtown, inviting himself on a double date.

And in a blizzard, getting us snowed in at his cabin with only one bed.

But I’m starting to think he was never as bad as I thought.

He’s steady to my flighty. He kisses me in public like it’s his favorite sport, even as the small town gossip mill makes me itch to run away—I mean… find a permanent job in a real city.

The only problem? I’m falling for the principal.