Is it true that most of us are still haunted by our high school years? That’s certainly the case for Dylan Kavanaugh. Although Dylan was a good-looking athlete from a prominent family, his memories of his high school years are mixed. Dylan is dyslexic; reading was a struggle for him, a struggle he hid from his friends, if not his teachers. Knowing the seriousness of his disability, the school got him a tutor. Mia Larin was two years younger than Dylan, but she was off-the-charts bright and a quiet, patient person who helped Dylan through many assignments, including his memorable take on Romeo and Juliet. Dylan still cringes when he thinks how he treated Mia.
Imagine Dylan’s surprise when Mia shows up back in their hometown–with a baby but no husband. In the years since high school, Mia went on to get two doctoral degrees. She was working as a medical researcher in the Research Triangle of North Carolina when she heard her biological clock ticking. With no man in her life and a job that she thought was secure, Mia decided to have a child through artificial insemination. Now she has lovely little Cora, but the funding for her lab dried up, and she is close to broke. She has come back to the little mountain town of Silver Glen to regroup.
Once Dylan learns about Mia’s situation, he springs into action. He sees helping her–with a job and a place to stay–as a way to ease his conscience over how he treated her in high school. But Mia’s not the shy, young nerd she was in high school. She has her pride–and she has quite a nice figure. Mia had a crush on Dylan in high school, a crush that he never noticed. Now, as grownups there is a mutual attraction, but should they act on it? This being a romance, they do, but that’s not the end of it. Self-images formed in high school, professional setbacks and opportunities, and Dylan’s fear of fatherhood make a long road to happily-ever-after.
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