A Chance At Forever by Melissa Jagears is her third visit to Teaville. As always the Teaville Moral society is involved with rescuing women and children from the red light district. Some are more involved than others. Mercy McClain helps her brother and his wife to run the orphanage. She has also been elected to the school board. G. Aaron Firebrook applies for a job as the math teacher, but low and behold he is the boy who bullied Mercy unbearably throughout her childhood. How can she protect the children of Teaville from a similar fate?
The verse that came to mind while I was reading this book was:
Isaiah 43:18-21 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
18 “Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.
19 “Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I loved Mercy and Aaron's story and sincerely hope that this is not the last visit to Teaville. So settle back with a pot of chamomile and enjoy the story.
I was given this book by the publisher with no expectations. All thoughts are my own.
From Amazon:
In early 1900s Kansas, Mercy McClain, determined to protect Teaville's children from the bullying she experienced as a child, finds fulfillment working at the local orphanage and serving on the school board. When Aaron Firebrook, the classmate who bothered her more than any other, petitions the board for a teaching position, she's dead set against him getting the job.
Aaron knows he deserves every bit of Mercy's mistrust, but he's returned to his hometown a changed man and is seeking to earn forgiveness of those he wronged. He doesn't expect Mercy to like him, but surely he can prove he now has the best interests of the children at heart.
Will resentment and old wounds hold them back, or can Mercy and Aaron put the past behind them in time to face the unexpected threats to everything they're working for?
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