Letting Go of Yesterday by Jo Bartlett
Letting
Go of Yesterday by Jo Bartlett, book one in the Cornish Bay series, is a very
emotional, heartbreaking yet heartwarming, second chance story, set in the small coastal village of Port Agnes; a small town that shows
how gossip can affect a person.
Rowan
Bellamy is the head teacher at a private school her two children attend and her
husband James is a minister. Her world explodes when she catches her husband
with another man; explaining why she felt neglected and unloved. Deciding on needing
a fresh start, she moves, with her daughter and son, back to the small town she
grew up in and where her parents live, and where she will again be the head
teacher. As a teen, her parents created their own scandals when her mother took
off with her dad’s business partner and her dad with her mother’s best friend.
Knowing what it’s like to live with that gossip, she’s determine that her kids
live away from any caused by her husband’s choices and their separation.
Nathan Lark served his
prison sentence for VAT fraud and is back home working construction with his
brother. He’s a kind, caring and loving uncle to his nephew Leo, who has
Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair. People in town are still
suspicious of him, questioning his motives, actions and trustworthiness.
The last person Rowan
expected to see is Nathan, the boy she crushed on and her first kiss, all those
years ago, while he is delighted to see his cold high school crush. Nathan spends
time at her school between helping to make the playground safe and usable for
his nephew as well as any other disabled child. Rowan’s son is the same age as
Leo and the two become best friends. Allowing these two boys to spend time
together enables Rowan and Nathan to spend time together, time that enables to
know each other better, time that allows feelings from long ago to provide a second
chance for Rowan and Nathan to be loved and to love.
Ms. Bartlett wrote
an emotional, heartwarming, second chance
romance with family drama, about two adults whose lives
were changed by circumstances, yet are trying to figure out how to move forward.
They learn that by letting go of yesterday, they are able open themselves up
and take that first step; not knowing what might happen, but ready to see what can
happen when they let go of yesterday. I’m excited about the next book in this series
and look forward to reading it.
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