LaVyrle Spencer Book order (chronological)

Comme chaque année, Tom Gardner, directeur de collège dans le Minnesota, prépare la rentrée : mélange d'excitation, d'inquiétude et de tracas des derniers moments. Claire, sa femme, avec qui il vit un bonheur sans nuages depuis dix-huit ans, enseignera l'anglais dans l'établissement. Chelsea et Robby, leurs enfants, y rejoindront leurs classes respectives. Lorsque Monica Arens, la veille de la rentrée, vient inscrire son fils Kent à l'école, Tom a la sensation que le ciel lui tombe sur la tête. Il reconnaît en elle la jeune fille qui a partagé son lit la nuit où il a enterré sa vie de garçon. Et en Kent, l'exacte réplique du jeune homme qu'il était au même age ! Tom décide de ne pas dévoiler son lourd secret. Mais, quand il surprend Chelsa et Kent en train de s'embrasser, il ne peut taire plus longtemps la vérité. Les enfants sont catastrophés. Claire est effondrée. Saura-t-elle pardonner à l'homme qu'elle aime sa trahison ?

Eighteen years ago, young Tess McPhail left her tiny hometown of Wintergreen, Missouri, population 1,713. She headed for Nashville--and never looked back. Now one of country music's brightest lights, "Mac" McPhail is a millionaire many times over. Her career is her life. At thirty-five, Mac has no time for marriage, children, or kinfolk--until her sisters insist she come home to help care for their widowed mother...Mac isn't thrilled about spending a month in Wintergreen. But her visit home turns out to be far from dull. After almost two decades of public adoration, she is suddenly a nonperson--insulted by her jealous older sister, enraged by her intractable mother, and ignored by Kenny Kroneck, the next-door neighbor she mercilessly taunted all through high school. Now a handsome divorce who dotes on his teenage daughter, Kenny is widely respected in the community--and refuses to give Mac the time of day. But once she discovers that Kenny's daughter is a promising country music talent, Mac assumes the role of mentor--and everything changes... Gradually, the famous Mac McPhail becomes an integral part of life in Wintergreen. The priceless gifts of family and community open her heart to the sweet rewards of caring and commitment. And as the feigned indifference between Mac and Kenny turns to playful bickering, then passion, the complicated life of a superstar is forever changed--by the simple joys of love...

Roman. 316 S.

How do you teach a heart to love again? MAGGIE Shattered by the loss of her husband, she struggled each day to put her grief behind her. To be there for her teenaged daughter. And to face life again. When she returned to her Wisconsin hometown, she never expected to feel a spark of longing-for her old high school sweetheart ... ERIC His marriage to a driven career woman had left him childless and unhappy-he knew there had to be more to life than always wanting what you couldn't have. Seeing Maggie again filled him with hope. Maybe the answer to his dreams had just come to town.... Their memory of young love blossomed into an affair that would shake both their lives-and would challenge everything; they believed about loving each other. Could they follow a dream from the past? Or had they missed the chance of a lifetime?