num_pages: 242
description: Carlton Monroe is finally getting his groove back. After a year playing dad to his nephew and sending him safely off to college its back to his bachelor ways. But when his teenaged niece shows up on his doorstep looking for a permanent home his plan comes to a screeching halt. Family is everything and in the eyes of social services a couple makes a better adoptive family than an overworked bachelor father. A fake relationship with his closest friend is the best way to keep his family together. If things between him and Deion are complicated well it only needs to last until the end of the semester.Living with Carlton is a heartbreak waiting to happen and once the adoption goes through Deions out. Hes waited two decades for Carlton to realize theyre meant for each other and hes done. Its time to make a clean break. But its hard to think of moving away when keeping up the act includes some very real perks like kissing cuddling and sharing a bed.Even the best charades must come to an end though. As the holidays and Deions departure date loom the two men must decide whether playing house is enough for themor if theres any chance they could be a family for real.Higher EducationBook 1: Learned BehaviorsBook 2: Learned Reactions
language: English
title: Learned Reactions
publisher: Carina Press