Her Favorite Parent-Teacher Meeting: When a New Town, a Little Girl, and a Handyman Change Everything (eBook, ePUB)

Claire Bennett didn‘t move to Maplewood looking for lovejust a quiet job, a slower life, and a classroom full of second graders who wouldn‘t ask too many questions about the past she left behind. But her carefully drawn lines begin to blur when she meets Ellie Daltona sweet, artistic little girl with watchful eyesand her quietly charming single dad, Jake.Jake Dalton‘s only priority has been raising his daughter the best way he knows how. After loss, mistakes, and years of keeping his heart walled off, he‘s not expecting the new teacher in town to feel like something he‘s been missing. Claire brings light into Ellie‘s world, and Jake can‘t help but notice how naturally she fits into theirs.But small towns have loud voices, and soon whispers start swirling around schoolyard corners. Claire‘s job, Jake‘s reputation, and Ellie‘s fragile trust all hang in the balance. Staying apart might be saferfor everyonebut letting go of something real isn‘t so easy when it‘s already started to feel like home.Can two hearts haunted by the past risk building something new... when a little girl is already dreaming of forever?