Synopsis:Nicole Morgan, the new second grade teacher at Pineview Elementary school, has it all together in the classroom; it’s her personal life that she can’t find peace with. Unable to let go of the guilt that she is harboring from her past, she punishes herself by running from all potential relationships.
Her patience is put to the test when Dailan O’Maley the obnoxious but very sexy uncle of one of her students enters her life. She slowly cracks away at Dailan’s crude, crass exterior when they are forced to work together for the sake of his nephew. The two of them learn a lesson in love that neither had planned as they discover that the guilt they are hiding deep inside isn’t the only thing they have in common. Unbeknownst to her, he holds more than just the key to her heart.
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I sat at my desk, waiting for my students to pile in. Monday morning at 8:58 am had to be the most dreaded time of the week for any teacher. I got up to greet the children as they started to arrive with the walkers/car riders first, then each individual busload. The silence that filled the air just a few short moments ago was now filled with laughter, gasps, singing, and every other sound in between.
I paid particular attention to Ryan, who came walking in with Kyle, another little boy in my class with whom Ryan was becoming close friends. It made me happy to see Ryan starting to form relationships with his classmates. He was looking absolutely adorable wearing a black ski jacket and a black winter hat. He was bogged down by his backpack and another bag that he was holding in his hand. He walked over to my desk, quickly taking the backpack off his back. I grabbed the other bag that he was holding to help him out.
“These are for you,” he said, pointing to the bag.
I looked at him, puzzled, as I opened the bag to find two cookie tins. I slowly removed the lid from one of the tins to find layers of perfectly formed gingerbread men, with all their body parts intact.
“Did you make these, Ryan?” I asked with a smile.
He nodded, looking very proud of himself. “Well, me and my uncle did.” He sighed as if he was displeased with something.
“What’s wrong, Ryan?”
“Miss Morgan, my uncle said a lot of words on the inappropriate list yesterday when he was making those. I tried to remind him every time, but then he burnt his hand when he took them out of the oven and he started saying words that I never even heard before, but I think they were inappropriate. I told him to use the potholder, but he doesn’t listen.”
I smiled and shook my head just imagining the words that were spewing from his mouth.
“Miss Morgan, is that f-word still inappropriate when you say Mother before it?”
I looked at Ryan and nodded.
“Oh, then he really did say a lot of inappropriate things,” Ryan said with disappointment.
An Unplanned Lesson was not what I expected, and I mean that in a good way. This wonderfully written book by Beth Rinyu had me mesmerized from the start. Nicole has been carrying around a secret that has ruined her relationship with her parents, and her sister just doesn't care about her. She is basically alone when it comes to her family with the exception of her brother Justin, a Marine, who is stationed thousands of miles away. Nicole stays in contact with Justin through email and sporadic phone calls.
Nicole gets a new job as a 2nd grade teacher where she meets a troubled young boy named Ryan O'Maley who lost his parents several months prior in an accident, who is now living with his uncle Dailan O'Maley. Nicole knows that Ryan needs help and guidance understandably so, so she reaches out to his uncle via email to set up an appointment to discuss Ryan. Only she was not expecting the arrogant, rude response she gets from Mr. O'Maley.
Nicole and Dailan end up meeting while Nicole is out with friends and they have this undeniable attraction, but neither of them want anything serious. Beth Rinyu did a great job of writing and developing this "non" relationship but stricktly friends with the possibility of benefits. However, the two find themselves spending time together with little Ryan and start to become a little family, even though the two would refuse to call it that. The text messages and emails between Nicole and Dailan will have you smiling and laughing, and when they are together the passion is like a stick of dynamite going off in your pants.
All in all, this book had a wonderful storyline, a realistic storyline and Oh My! What an ending! Interested yet? Trust me this is one book you will want to read and reread for that matter. The pure, raw emotion jumps off the page, making you feel what the characters feel. Thank you Beth for giving me this book to review, I am amazed by your talent and cannot wait to read more from you!
Ever since I can remember, I have always enjoyed Creative Writing. There was always something about being able to travel to a different place or become a different person with just the stroke of a pen - or in today's world a touch of the keyboard.
My life is not as interesting as my books or the characters in them, but then again whose life is? I was born and have lived in New Jersey my whole life. I'm a mom of twin teenage boys, a teenage stepson, a crazy Border Collie and a cat with an identity crisis! I guess you can say writing is my form of Calgon! I am married to a wonderful guy - but we'll keep that between us, I don't want him getting a big head!
"An Unplanned Life" the sequel/prequel to "An Unplanned Lesson" will be releasing on 11/7/13 and I already have a vested interest in the characters of my next novel "A Cry For Hope" releasing some time in 2014.....stay tuned for details!
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