The summer holiday brings new passion and new challenges in the enchanting third book of Jenny Colgans 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, Maggies 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 careersand each other.Meanwhile, the girls of Downey HousemercurialFliss, glamorousAlice,and shy, hard-workingSimonehave had long summers at home, which werent 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.
