The Principal's Office [Paperback]

Jasmine Haynes (Author)

Book Description

Release date: February 7, 2012

SHE'S ABOUT TO BE CALLED IN FOR A DRESSING-DOWN...

Rachel Delaney, divorced mother with two boys, isn't complaining. Her life is fine. Really. There is one thing that could make it better, though: a strong, warm, male body to help her make it through the occasional lonely night. No strings, and no relationship, thanks. Just a little fun with a perfect stranger. And there's no more perfect a stranger than Rand.

He's tall, blond, unattached, smokin' hot, and looking for the same thing Rachel is: wild, abandoned sex with no limits, no last names, and no complications-until Rachel's eldest son gets in trouble in class.

Only then does Rachel discover that her down-and-dirty, dangerously sexy mystery lover is also the new school principal. They're not exactly the ideal role models for a troubled student acting out his own frustrations. With Rachel's life turned upside down, Rand's the only one who can make it right-by maybe taking their hot-bodied hook-ups into a warm-hearted new direction...

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About the Author

Jasmine Haynes lives in the California mountains with her husband. She loves writing hot, sexy romances.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade; 1 edition (February 7, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425247163
• ISBN-13: 978-0425247167
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jasmine Haynes, Rita Finalist for Somebody's Lover, plus two-time Holt Medallion and National Readers Choice Award winner, is the author of over 30 classy, erotic romance tales. Look for the final book in her popular DeKnight series, The Principal's Office. In 2013, she'll be starting a sexy new series for Berkley Heat, beginning with The Naughty Corner coming Oct 2013 and Teach Me a Lesson in Apr 2014. And there will be more in the sensual West Coast series! Of course, she's also the author of the award-winning Max Starr psychic mystery series, with fabulous new covers.

Jasmine's alter ego, award-winning author Jennifer Skully is back! The KOD Daphne winner brings you a poignant tale of loss and renewal. Her books are peopled with hilarious characters that will make you laugh and make you cry. Don't miss BABY, I'LL FIND YOU, plus SHE'S GOTTA BE MINE(formerly Sex and the Serial Killer), and FOOL'S GOLD, in e-book for the first time!

Read more about Jasmine Haynes at www.jasminehaynes.com, Jennifer Skully at www.jenniferskully.com, and the Max Starr series at www.jbskully.com. Visit her blog www.jasminehaynes.blogspot.com!

Jasmine and her husband live in Northern California with numerous wild cats who have discovered that food from a bowl is easier than slaying gophers (though it would be great if they got rid of the gophers, but no such luck).

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It's good to be bad February 9, 2012

By S. Richards TOP 500 REVIEWER

Format:Paperback

It's been a while since I've read such exciting sex scenes. So completely sexy, so well-written and sensual, so very naughty and bad. I loved it all. This book is every fantasy you've ever had; there is voyeurism, exhibitionism, public sex, rough sex, rape fantasy role play, loads of sweet, dirty sex talk... One scene just better than the next. But more than the sex, there was also a very good story here.

I liked that both h/H are forty years old, more mature, so deep, so ready for more, especially Rachel. Newly divorced, her husband having left her for the cliched pretty young thing, Rachel suffered rather passionless sex in a dull seventeen-year marriage to a clueless and boring man. Then she meets Rand, that gorgeous hunk of maleness resembling a Viking marauder, all assertive, dominating, and most of all, deliciously kinky. I loved him, one of my favorite heroes now. He takes Rachel from the safety of vanilla and into the freedom of kink and risk-taking.

Rand is so confident in his sexuality, in his needs and desires. He knows what he wants, and he's not afraid to take it. I loved this boldness about him. He oozes sex but not in a cheap, indiscriminate way. He is just fun and passionate and adventurous, everything Rachel has never experienced with a man. To see Rachel open up to Rand and to see her explore and own her own sexuality was liberating. I love to see that happen for a woman. It's yours so own it and control it and enjoy it. And she did, with Rand's help and tutoring.

Along with all this sex play and exploration, we also get the wonderful taboo of teacher/student. Although not in the traditional sense of that theme, Rachel is his student for all intents and purposes. He teaches her everything she needs to know.... And Rand is also Rachel's son's high school principal, and with his job, comes the fear that this relationship, that had started strictly as no-strings, no last names, no expectations, would be exposed to Rachel's family.

Rachel just had to learn that she had the right to date, the right to passionate sex, and the right to be happy with a real man. After all, her ex has moved on to PYT, so why not Rachel with Hot Viking God? I so couldn't wait for ex to get a load of Rand. Man, that is the best revenge: showing your ex that you're having the hottest, the best sex of your life with the most sexually confident man you've ever met. Now, that's how you do it. To see her stand up to her ex, finally, that was icing on the cake.

There's more story going on here, with Rachel's troubled son, Nathan. Also, there is Rachel's fear of completely opening up to Rand, to that real possibility of having it all with him, a man who was only supposed to be for the here-and-now and not for the long-term. This is what they had both agreed on, but you know it's more than that. The sheer sexual chemistry and tension is almost touchable, and all this leads to those very moments when true intimacy and love and trust are created.

So, a great love story develops, but back to the sex. Yes, I'm going back to that terrific sex, that sex with feeling and emotion to it. Some light bondage, some light spanking, some sex on and in a car, but most of all, that one scene where he chases her, grabs her and 'coerces' her (her fantasy)- that totally got me personally. But there's probably one other scene even hotter. This story is incredibly erotic, unbelievably hot and so very bad that it's so good. I loved every sweet, sexy minute of it.

Part of the DeKnight series, this is book 3 but can be read as a stand-alone, I feel. I haven't read the previous two books and it in no way hindered my love and enjoyment of this book.
book 1 Past Midnight
book 2 What Happens After Dark Read more ›

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Steamy and surprising August 26, 2012

By melodysbookshelf

Format:Paperback

This was a delightful surprise! I found this gem listed as a suggestion when I bought another book and decided to try it. I expected it to have a decent amount of sex, and it did, but was completely floored by the amount of character building included. The book described a wide variety of sexual experiences ranging from flirting to fantasies, role-playing to voyeurism.

I loved watching Rachel grow from a tired, beaten-down divorcee (though not a mouse) to a woman confident in her sexuality. I found it very easy to relate to the characters. The author did a great job with the characterizations of Rachel and Rand as well as the ex, the kids and Rachel's co-workers. I'll be re-reading this one and also reading the other 2 books in the series that deal with Bree and her guy and Erin and Dominic.

The hero and heroine are a little bit older than many written about today. At 39 and 40, they each have some life experience yet quite a lot of life left in them, no inexperienced miss fresh from the schoolroom making her first appearance to the ton here. It was quite refreshing to read about characters my own age with a similar past. I loved reading the role-playing scenes Rand and Rachel acted out. "Playful" doesn't even begin to describe them. This is a grown-up erotic romance, steamy and real. If you are looking for something with extremely simple sentences that reads like Penthouse or Playboy letters, you'll need to look elsewhere because this is excellently written, classy and has real depth to it. There's joy, laughter, tension, anger, frustration and much satisfaction.

My only complaint about the book is Rachel was a little wishy-washy while she grows as a character as a result of facing some really tough decisions.... That said, she reacts believably and in-character, it was just a little bit frustrating to read it. The author did a great job alternating between Rand's and Rachel's PoV, but I would have liked to read just a bit more from Rand's viewpoint. Rachel's discovery of Rand's school position occurs a little later in the book than I really expected. That's not a bad thing, just another example of how surprising this book was.

If you are looking for an erotic romance with real characters, that is fresh and playful, this is a great place to start. I highly recommend it.

Sensuality: many descriptive sex scenes

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Steamy August 7, 2012

By Tracie Lampe

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This one is a good one~ dragged a bit but hot steamy sex with a good story. It's not your typical hot skinny young chick but rather a Mom that dresses not so hot that gets the hot principal! Read more hot steamy book reviews on my blog iloveladyporn.com

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Kisses, Recommended Read, TwoLips Reviews August 1, 2012

By Linda D. Crooks

Format:Paperback

The Principal's Office by Jasmine Haynes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Reviewed for TwoLips Reviews
5 Kisses, 2 Peppers (M/F, oral sex, voyeurism, exhibitionism, light bondage, sex in public)
Recommended Read

Rachel Delaney is a divorced mother of two teenage boys, and she's lonely. Not only do her sons spend every other week with her ex-husband, she hasn't had a physical relationship for a very long time. She was too busy being a mom and dealing with her depressed husband to even think about sex. When she runs into a tall stranger at the supermarket one Saturday morning, it sparks some very naughty fantasies in her head. Then she bumps into him again, and agrees to have coffee with him if they bump into each other again. She isn't ready for a relationship, but coffee couldn't hurt. So when they bump into each other yet again--at a coffee shop this time--it seems like fate has stepped in. The pull of attraction is strong between them, and they agree to embark on a fling...with a few ground rules. No last names. No calling on the weeks that she has her sons. No talking about her to his buddies. No problem. She's overdue for the kind of wild, passionate, heart-pounding deliciousness he can deliver.

But there's a surprise waiting for Rachel: Rand is her son's high school principal. D'oh. If that isn't awkward enough, her older son is acting like a total jackass. Not only is he being a sullen jerk to her at home as he plays her against her ex husband, he's also bullying an autistic boy at school because of peer pressure. As a mother of an autistic child, I wanted to reach inside the pages and sucker punch the kid. Repeatedly.... I'm glad he had such a caring and experienced principal to help set him on the right path, because his idiot dad sure wasn't up to the challenge.

The Principal's Office was absolutely one of the hottest books I've ever read. Rachel's ex made her feel bad about her fantasies, and not only is Rand accepting and supportive, he helps her live them. Their sex is wild, kinky, passionate, and mesmerizing. He's a keeper and I'm glad Rachel realized it. The way these two burn up the pages is brilliant. Add deep, genuine emotions and a fast-moving plot and Jasmine Haynes has written another definite winner. Read more ›