It's Amanda Montgomery's senior year at Dunworth High School, so of course she's more than excited for her last year. But there something else that catches Amanda's eye. Her new Calculus teacher, Mr. Stone, is young, handsome, not to mention smart. Amanda, being ridiculously horrible at any kind of math, struggles with Calculus, and she does even more when Mr. Stone, the number one distraction, has his eye on her. Then, as she begins to spend more time with Mr. Stone, even out of school, she finds he's not the good hearted, jolly man he is as a teacher in class. He's much, much more. And that just happens to match perfectly with Amanda's own lopsided personality.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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