Paint Me Yours (A Novel)

Amy Allen has spent three years trying to avoid Henry Richardson, the annoyingly charming football coach who humiliated her on her very first day at Willow Heights Elementary. Petite, freckled, and loaded down with art supplies, Amy had walked into the wrong building-and straight into football coach Henry Richardson, and he had called her out, thinking she was a high school student and not a new teacher.

Since then, every encounter has been a battle of wits, sharp banter, and mutual annoyance. Amy is convinced Henry is arrogant, immature, and the last person she could ever fall for.

Henry? Well, he seems to enjoy pushing her buttons a little too much to be innocent.

Then comes one fateful Friday night. One margarita makes Amy tipsy. Two makes her flirty. Three... and she's practically glowing as she struggles to stand. Enter Henry-steadfast, steady, and somehow always in the right place at the right time.

He carries her up her porch steps, steadies her with hands that are far too warm, and in a moment suspended in soft light, kisses her.

That kiss changes everything. Amy can't stop thinking about him. Henry can't hide the way he looks at her now. And when small-town life keeps throwing them together at school events, weekend errands. The sparks between them refuse to die.

Between stolen glances, a caretaking moment that melts Amy's defenses, and the slow realization that maybe Henry isn't the arrogant jerk she thought, Amy discovers that sometimes first impressions are all wrong... and some things are worth risking everything for.

ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀꜱ. ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴏxɪᴍɪᴛʏ. ᴀ ʟᴀᴛᴇ-ʙʟᴏᴏᴍɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴏɪɴᴇ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴋɪꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ.

ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡɪʟʟᴏᴡ ʜᴇɪɢʜᴛꜱ!