Myra Waugh is a 24 year old high school teacher. She was, she thought, an ordinary girl who fell in love at 18, got married at 19 and divorced at 22. Now living alone, picking up the pieces of a broken relationship she tries to seek comfort in her job, which is teaching English literature to sophomores at River Valley High School. Everything seems dull and comfortable until she meets Marc Hollander,16, drop dead gorgeous, and extremely dangerous . He could have any girl he wanted in River Valley High. But he has his eyes set on her. As Myra tries her best to fight what she knows to be a forbidden liaison, she begins to realize to her discomfort that Marc, despite his age is a ruthless hunter. He is that rare breed who know even at a tender age what they are capable of and the effect they have have on members of the opposite sex. Caught between her solitude and Marc's irresistible charm, Myra struggles to walk the line between romance and scandal.
When a bachelor-style reality show centered around finding this year's Mrs. Claus comes to Charlie's small town, she is vehemently against the attention it brings, yet in the chaos of it all, somehow finds herself in the running as a contestant... and falling in love.
*****
In the weeks before Christmas, Charlie Duncan's small town finds itself the backdrop to the hit new reality show, Finding Mrs. Claus. And to spice up the drama, a handful of locals are thrown into the casting mix, including not only Charlie, but her best friend Ellie as well. While Charlie does everything she can to get tossed off the show (to no avail), and watches skeptically as Ellie truly begins to open up her heart, she can't help but feel a certain spark for the man behind the scenes - the show's producer, Noah Cyrus.
Book One of the Anne's Ferry Series