Miss Menace

To Central Middle School's principal Ethan Harris, a menace is all new teacher Sunni Vanderclef can be. She's wealthy, beautiful, and out to destroy the school he loves with her sheer ineptitude. Ethan is desperate to get rid of her. But what good is banishing her from Central if he can't banish her from his thoughts? Sunni Vanderclef knows she's no Home Ec teacher, but she's willing to try. Compelled by compassion, Sunni combines her money and mercy to lift the spirits of the school's unlovable loners. If only she could make her heart understand that Ethan's off-limits status is school policy. Can Ethan ever see Sunni as more than a menace? Or will he allow the Lord to shed the light of love in his gloomy heart?

Heartsong Presents #670, October, 2005.