Late Bloomer — Barbara Lohr

Brody Wolf was a hellion in Carolyn's English class. He set a record for detentions and made her first year of teaching miserable. Ten years later she visits Santa Fe to nurse her widowed grandmother and bumps into Brody again. Her world tilts. Miraculously recovered, Mama V has traded her walker for a new beau. And Carolyn's student has matured into a caring man who helps her conquer a paralyzing fear of heights. But can Brody convince his former teacher he's not a kid anymore? Brody Wolf never opened a book in Carolyn's class. Visiting her grandmother years later, she encounters an older, wiser Brody, who helps Carolyn conquer her fear of heights. Her world tilts further when darling Mama V trades her walker for a beau. Time brings change, but can Brody convince his former teacher he's not a kid anymore?