This is actually two romances in one book: Libby and Austin, and Olivia and Nathan. Austin and Nathan are brothers and Olivia and Libby are friends. Olivia has loved Nathan ever since she's known him, Libby and Austin have an instant love-hate relationship.
The setting is Heritage, Michigan, where the downtown is being restored to its historic glory. Austin has won the contract to landscape the town square in a last-ditch effort to save from bankruptcy the landscape business that's been in his family for three generations. In the midst of Austin's work, Nathan has volunteered to be Austin's assistant, but consistently fails to show up when he's needed to make things work out for the business.
Libby has been hired as the new town librarian. Her brother's wife set her up with the job and even a place to live--which is next door to Austin and two doors down from her brother's family.
This is the second novel in the Restoring Heritage series by Tari Faris. I was drawn in from the very beginning until I finished the book. The two plot lines intersect and weave together like whole cloth. The setting is charming and makes the reader want to live in Heritage.
There major theme is forgiveness--of yourself and others. Tari does a great job describing how hard forgiving yourself is, and how much of a difference it makes.
I loved this book and I give it five stars, two thumbs up, and a one room school house turned library.
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