The summer holiday brings new passion and new challenges in the
enchanting third book of Jenny Colgan's utterly delightful School by the
Sea series, set at a girls' boarding school in Cornwall.
School is out, following a bit of saucy scandal at Downey House...
Beloved high school teacher Maggie Adair had been comfortably, if
somewhat ambivalently, engaged to her dependable long-distance boyfriend
Stan. But in the heat of summer, Maggie's attraction to her colleague
David McDonald has caught fire. Now both are facing an uncertain future
as they try to figure out how to stay committed to their careers--and
each other.
Meanwhile, the girls of Downey House--mercurial Fliss, glamorous Alice,
and shy, hard-working Simone--have had long summers at home, which
weren't quite the respite they had been hoping for. But the new school
year is thankfully here, and it will bring new pupils and lots of fresh
challenges for students and teachers alike at the school by the sea.