He returns to Teaville to apply for a teaching job where he can follow through with his agenda of seeking his victims out for reconciliation; but he runs into Mercy McLain who is on the school board and one of those he hurt the most because of her missing hand.
Mercy convinces the board to interview more applicants before deciding on Aaron. In the meantime, Aaron lands the gardener job through Nicholas Lowe at the orphanage home where Mercy resides with her brother and sister-in-law who are the directors.
This final installment in the Teaville series is the best I think. Aaron struggles to convince Mercy he's changed and Mercy struggles to reconcile the man Aaron has become with the bully she knew in her childhood. To complicate matters, are the orphans they have to deal with including one that Aaron asks to adopt because one of his victims left the child to his care.
Seeing Aaron and Mercy's romance evolve through the eyes of the children, makes for a very enthralling romance. I received this novel from netgalley for my honest review. I give it 5 stars for your reading shelf.