How easily can an open heart can unlock the door to happily-ever-after?
When Miss Quinn Cooper arrives in Emerson Pass, Colorado, her entire life is packed into one small suitcase. Her widowed mother and baby sister are depending upon her for their survival back home in Boston. And the self-appointed mayor of the rugged mountain community is counting on Miss Cooper to prove herself a fitful teacher for the young and old alike.
Lord Alexander Barnes is determined to bring a bit of English civility to the wild terrain of Emerson Pass. Using his own resources, the widower and father of five builds a schoolhouse and recruits a young teacher from the east to provide an education for both the adults and the children in his rapidly growing mining town. But when the lovely, and much younger than anticipated, Miss Cooper arrives to town, Lord Barnes finds himself providing more than just employment when the boarding house proves to be an unsafe accommodation for the school mistress.
As Miss Cooper takes a room in the Barnes' home, the five Barnes children are delighted. They are sure Miss Cooper is the perfect woman for their lonely father. But when a friend of the Englishman turns up dead, the hope for progress in the untamed town seems immediately lost. Can Miss Cooper and Lord Barnes bring change to the closed-minded locals? And will their endeavor open their hearts to something more?
My opinion:
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review
The School Mistress of Emerson Pass is a sweet historical story about Lord Alexander Barnes and the new teacher Quinn Cooper who were trying to educate the residents of the town. It's a great story that mostly focuses on the problems the people had those days, including poverty, poor education, and the interacial issues. It gets emotional in many parts but the romantic aspect was lightening the mood at those times. Each chapter is so well written that it can bring
different emotions to you. I cried a lot while reading this, it was sad to see what was happening back then and sadly it still does even in our days.
The author touched very serious topics in a way that could even educate our kids.
About the characters, the only thing I have to say is that they were the most kind-hearted and brave I have ever read about. I fell in love with this book. I thought that this would be just a usual historical romance but it's so much more than that. I am glad I had the opportunity to read it and I highly recommend it. I will rate it with 5/5 stars.
PS. Congratulations to the author for writing this amazing novel.
PPS. It kind of reminds me of the tv series: Little House on the Prairie.
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