It all started with an autograph…

Only her son, Kyle, can get Professor Jacelyn Ross anywhere near a sports arena. Especially when the celebrity in question is a boorish football jock. But Kyle means everything to Jacelyn—and he wants the signature.

Besides, she'll have to meet "The King"—famous Mike Kingston—eventually. It's his team that's tarnishing her beloved school's pristine academic reputation—all in the name of progress. She and the rest of the teaching staff don't approve of the plan at all.

But Mike has more in common with Jacelyn than she would care to admit. Their commitment to their troubled sons, for starters. And the attraction that has Jacelyn seeing Mike in a whole new light.