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COMING IN HOT
JENNIFER BERNARD
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Also by Jennifer Bernard
1
T
HE
MAN
SITTING
AT
THE
BACK
OF
C
AROLYN
M
OORE
’
S
CLASS
LOOKED
NOTHING
LIKE
HER
usual students. Starting with the fact that he was male, since most of the students in
Renaissance Art History 201 were women. Then there was the fact that he was a full-
grown adult male, not a kid who’d barely reached drinking age. Not to mention the
additional facts of his size and appearance, which were big and imposing. Attractive, one
might even say, if broad shoulders, intense dark eyes, and black leather jackets were your
thing.
A peaceful art history teacher like herself should certainly not find someone like him
attractive. But he actually reminded her of a painting she loved, a Bronzino portrait of a
man aiming his smoldering gaze directly at the viewer. So to be completely honest with
herself, the mystery man did push a few of her buttons.
But she could deal with that kind of unsettling stare a lot better in an oil painting than
in the back of her classroom. He’d slipped in midway through her lecture on the technique
of chiaroscuro and immediately thrown her off stride.
She cleared her throat and checked her notes. “Does anyone here know the precise
meaning of the term chiaroscuro? Any Italian speakers in the house?”
A few students volunteered words like “cappuccino,” and “Prada,” which made her
laugh. The blond kid in the middle row looked lost in a dream, as usual. One student
surreptitiously checked her phone.
“No Google,” Carolyn said with a smile. “We can figure this one out. Let’s start with
the last part, “scuro.” What other words contain that root?”
Again, no answer.
“I’m thinking of a common word, very familiar, not at all…” She dragged it out as a
teasing hint.
“Obscure!” someone exclaimed.
“Exactly. Obscure means hidden, hard to find, because it’s … what?”
“In the dark?
Scuro
means dark!” A student in the front row bounced in her seat,
thrilled that she’d come up with the answer, then slouched back down. They were always
so anxious about playing it cool, sometimes it made Carolyn sad. Was there something
wrong with getting excited and passionate? She always tried to encourage that in her

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