Teacher's Pet

Written by Imogen Markwell-Tweed

Narrated by Ray Jericho

Owen Isaacs loves his job as a teacher at Dennington Junior High School, and he's even more thrilled when his students ask him to be faculty adviser for a Gay-Straight Alliance. The one big problem? The only person willing to be his co-adviser is the new coach and PE teacher, a hardcore sports guy who Owen heard make a homophobic comment on the first day of school.

Nate Wildflower didn't intend to make an enemy of one of his fellow teachers on his first day at a new school. It's not his fault that people misinterpreted his comment about the downside of the alphabet soup of gender and sexuality labels and wouldn't let him explain himself. Nate's gay, for heaven's sake! But apparently people in a small town are quick to stick people in boxes — did he mention how labels can be problematic? But he's not going to deprive the students of a GSA just because Owen Isaacs seems determined to hold a completely unfounded grudge.

When they're forced to work together, Owen starts to realize that Nate is maybe not as much of a jerk as he thought, and for his part Nate finds Owen's enthusiasm and passion endearing. But Nate is cautious while Owen is impatient, and their mutual attraction is plagued by missteps and misunderstandings. If romance were a class, they might just both fail the final exam.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Shorts
• Release date: Dec 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094431505

Imogen Markwell-Tweed

Imogen Markwell-Tweed is a queer romance writer and editor based in St. Louis. When she's not writing or hanging out with her dog, IMT can be found putting her media degrees to use by binge-watching trashy television. All of her stories promise queer protagonists, healthy relationships, and happily ever afters. @unrealimogen on Twitter and Instagram.

Reviews for Teacher's Pet

[destinylatesha40 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked the novella but I didn't like the voice because it sounded like AI

[Caitlin Meuser · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was really cute only problem is I didn’t realize it was a short so that was my bad. It definitely felt like the first third of a full book but again my fault for not seeing that. I want more of them! I want to live more in their world. Love it.

[Karm Barter · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

One of the worst narrators I’ve ever heard. Never again

[Justine Salazar · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Would have been good if the narrator changes their voice per character. Also, the narrator sounds emotionless all through out the story.

[christy broome · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Audiobook sounds like it was generated using an AI program. Poor inflection, odd pauses and strange accent.

[Ruby Carr · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Book might be good but horrible narrator ruins the story

[Kaylee Claire · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story is fine, but the narrator ruined it. He would start. Each. Sentence. Unbelievably. Slowly. Andthensaytherestofthesentenceinarush. For every single sentence. It was really hard to keep listening to it.

The story started out strong but for something this short I don't think the sex scene needed to be as long as it was.

[khazrex · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The narration makes this almost unlistenable. It almost sounds like an AI voice in places. Strange pacing, weird inflections, pronunciations that sound just a bit off.

[MistressNyx99 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It ended abruptly…I think I blinked and missed the one sex scene.

[kim hill · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Loved the story, it was so sweet! The only stopping it receiving 5 stars is the narrator. He is so not good, rushes some words that they jumble together then slows his speach again.