The Mandolin Lunch

Children's book illustrator Garet Allen has just escaped her most recent, ill-fated relationship and accepts a temporary teaching position at a rural public school. After all, how hard can teaching kids about art really be? Apparently, pretty hard, because her first day on the job is a complete disaster, and that has nothing at all to do with the fact that Tess Hill, the captivating and overly conscientious music teacher, shares the same classroom.

Tess, a dedicated teacher and single mother focused on creating a stable life for her daughter, is immediately attracted to the handsome, cavalier Garet for all the wrong reasons. Everything about Garet says short-term, and Tess refuses to consider anything less than forever. She's not about to give her heart away to someone she can't count on.

Can Garet and Tess survive three months sharing the same classroom without killing each other...or falling in love?

Author: Missouri Vaun
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 01/12/2021
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781635555660

About the Author
Vaun, Missouri: - Missouri Vaun spent a large part of her childhood in southern Mississippi before attending high school in North Carolina and college in Tennessee. Strong connections to her roots in the rural South have been a grounding force throughout her life. Vaun spent twelve years working for newspapers in places as disparate as Chicago, Atlanta, and Jackson, MS. Her novels are heartfelt, earthy, and speak of loyalty and our responsibility to others. She currently lives in Northern California with her wife, Evelyn. Missouri Vaun also writes under the name Paige Braddock.