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About Equations and Evidence: A Romance Short Story (Unabridged)

She teaches math. He enforces the law. Neither expected to fall for someone so wildly out of sync. Officer Caleb Ward thrives on structure, silence, and neatly filed reports. His small-town routine is steady and predictable until a break-in at Monroe High leads him straight into the most chaotic classroom he’s ever seen... and the path of one infuriatingly brilliant math teacher. Tessa Monroe doesn’t do distractions. Especially not the brooding kind with a badge and a suspiciously dry sense of humor. She has equations to teach, a math club to wrangle, and an emotional support iguana who keeps going viral for all the wrong reasons. The last thing she needs is a cop who asks too many questions — or makes her heart race every time he shows up with terrible coffee and a shy smile. But when a string of strange incidents turns personal, Tessa and Caleb find themselves thrown together in more ways than one. Between vandalized calculators, sabotage, and Frank the iguana’s diplomatic immunity, it becomes clear that this isn’t just a case to solve. It’s a connection they never saw coming. Smart, swoony, and laugh-out-loud funny, Equations and Evidence is a slow-burn small-town romance about trust, timing, and the kind of love that doesn’t fit neatly into any formula.