Kindle Edition, 181 pages
Published
September 3rd 2019
Source: I received a complimentary copy through Booksprout. All opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.
A heartwarming romance about a one-room schoolhouse and the woman who is determined to bring it back to life.
Becky Linden needs a job. After seeing her son off to college, the single forty-something returns home to Hickory Grove, Indiana, where she has a nostalgic notion that things will fall into place.
They don’t.
Her beloved grandfather is ill, and job opportunities are non-existent.
Prepared to leave home again, for good, she stumbles across the long-abandoned schoolhouse where she played as a child and had her first kiss as a teenager. The one her grandfather attended in the 1940s.
Becky sees a passion project and business opportunity, but locals see an eyesore.
Desperate but hopeful, she visits her ex-boyfriend, Zack Durbin, who now works for the school district that owns the run-down building. He has a chance to help her get back on her feet (and save a piece of the past), and his love for Becky never really went away.
But Hickory Grove is trying to move forward in time, not backward. Is Zack moving on, too?
Becky and Zack can either bury history or embrace it. Find out if second chances prevail in The Schoolhouse, a second-chance romance and sweet women's fiction.
Becky Linden needs a job. After seeing her son off to college, the single forty-something returns home to Hickory Grove, Indiana, where she has a nostalgic notion that things will fall into place.
They don’t.
Her beloved grandfather is ill, and job opportunities are non-existent.
Prepared to leave home again, for good, she stumbles across the long-abandoned schoolhouse where she played as a child and had her first kiss as a teenager. The one her grandfather attended in the 1940s.
Becky sees a passion project and business opportunity, but locals see an eyesore.
Desperate but hopeful, she visits her ex-boyfriend, Zack Durbin, who now works for the school district that owns the run-down building. He has a chance to help her get back on her feet (and save a piece of the past), and his love for Becky never really went away.
But Hickory Grove is trying to move forward in time, not backward. Is Zack moving on, too?
Becky and Zack can either bury history or embrace it. Find out if second chances prevail in The Schoolhouse, a second-chance romance and sweet women's fiction.
My Review: 5 Stars
Bromke is an author who writes such sweet, heartwarming stories that anchor a nostalgic feeling deep into my soul. THE SCHOOLHOUSE takes place in a small town and although Becky has been gone for over 18 years, this town has claimed a piece of her and she fits right in when she goes back. I love the small town feels--the eccentric characters, the charm of the historical schoolhouse, the memories from the past that assault her, and the love that still awaits.
Becky is the type of character who devotes her entire life to her child and I loved watching her discover what she's truly passionate about and the length she goes to in order to fulfill her dreams. I also enjoyed watching her grow into the person she's meant to be, even though she's a little older, and especially as she struggles through hardships and setbacks. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?
Zack is a solid character who complements Becky well and he's no puppet. Although she's love to pull some strings, he has his reasons for contradicting her wishes, which makes for some fantastic romantic tension. I love a great, feel-good, second chance romance and this one has all the feels. I'm looking forward to more amazing stories in this series.
Content: mild romance
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