B Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / boarding school / England / family relationships / teacher / teaching2 Comments
High Ambo, in England, is the setting. It is winter, and Caroline West—a very human, placid and unexcitable person, has gone there to escape her late husband’s relatives. Like so many good-hearted people, she is immediately put upon. Caroline’s sister Iris comes first, full of impulse and determination to be ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAustria / Biography / England / epistolary / Italy / military hero / non-fiction / Post WWII / teacher3 Comments
Ronnie and Hilda Williams met by chance aged 21 in Lancashire in November 1945, when Ronnie was home on his first leave after fighting in some of the most bitter campaigns of the Second World War in Italy. With the uncertainty of the future and Ronnie’s obligation to return to ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / high-school / older hero/heroine / teacher / weight4 Comments
Their lesson plans didn’t include love. But that’s about to change… When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens’s high school, she’s determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since a loathsome administrator gave Rose’s beloved world history classes to Martin, knowing it would hurt her. ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas / Contemporary / disability / England / holiday novella / novella / teacher / Yorkshire4 Comments
A teacher’s life is never easy … especially at Christmas! Working at a tiny village school in rural Yorkshire has its own unique set of challenges – but when teachers Lydia Knight and Jake Immingham are tasked with getting the children to put on a Christmas play for the local ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / cowboy / dual-timeline / Historical / runaway bride / teacher / Western RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: The Patchwork Bride by Sandra Dallas
From the best-selling author of A Quilt for Christmas comes the irrepressible story of a runaway bride. Ellen is putting the finishing touches on a wedding quilt made from scraps of old dresses when the bride-to-be—her granddaughter June—unexpectedly arrives and announces she’s calling off the marriage. With the tending of ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / divorcee / first person present tense / First-Person / interracial-romance / online dating / teacher / teaching2 Comments
Rae Wallace would rather drown in a vat of pinot greezh and be eaten by her own beagle than make another trip down the aisle–even if it is her best friend’s wedding. She’s too busy molding the minds of first graders and polishing that ol’ novel in the drawer to ... more >
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