Status: Rough Draft in Progress as of 7/12/25 Aprox 25,000 words

Next Steps: Will be my Rough Draft Challenge for July so…write rough draft!

Blurb: Her life runs on precision. His world thrives on improvisation. But when a school project forces them together, they’ll learn that the perfect formula for love... might be a little offbeat.

Allison Hale lives by the numbers—or the notes—and likes it that way. Routine. Control. No surprises. So when she has the opportunity to leave her very sheltered life in Denver to teach middle school math in rural Leadville, she’s both excited and terrified.

Enter Julian King, the music teacher down the hall who’s basically a walking contradiction. The students love him and his colleagues respect him, but he’s loud, disorganized, and chaotic. The opposite of what Allie wants in her life as she navigates her new world.

When they’re assigned to co-lead a school-wide math and music night, sparks fly, and not the good kind. But as rehearsals run late and lesson plans overlap, their clashing methods begin to create some unexpected harmony.

With hallway banter turning to heart-to-hearts and lesson plans giving way to something far less predictable, Allie begins to wonder... Could opposites not only attract, but actually be something she needs?