Reading the Paranormal: Passing Notes by Nora Everly [Review]

Passing Notes (Teachers' Lounge #1) by Nora Everly
Format: ebook
Source: provided for review
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Date read: March 10, 2024

Teachers' Lounge
1. Passing Notes - Paperback | Kindle
2. Band Together

Nora Everly
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

When the one who got away moves in next door…

Clara Hill wants to be left alone.
Sitting on her porch watching everyone else’s lives go by is way more fun than dealing with her own problems.

Or at least that’s what she thought.

Now that her secret high school sweetheart is her next door neighbor, she’s not so sure anymore.
Being back in Green Valley was hard enough without having her first love right there within touching distance.
Especially when he’s so stubbornly determined to flash his unforgettable smile at her every chance he gets and reminding her of when she thought she’d found her happily ever after.

Once upon a time, Nick Easton thought he had it all.

A football scholarship, his dream girl, and a future so bright he couldn’t wait to get started.
But, like everything else in his life, it all came toppling down.
Now he’s content to raise his kids, teach English, and coach football at Green Valley High.
He has no time for things like romance, and dating, and starting over…
He’s fine being alone.
Who needs love?

But when he catches a glimpse of his new neighbor his quiet little world turns upside down, lighting a fire that makes him determined to reclaim all he thought was gone forever.

After all these years, can he convince Clara to give him another shot?
Or will their love story stay hidden in their past?

Thoughts on Passing Notes: Clara, the next of the Hill sisters who's trying to live down her family's reputation in Green Valley, is up and her special someone is her next door neighbor. Who happens to be the boy she loved in high school. Who she thinks left her high and dry when they were planning on being together when they were younger.

Yeah, Nick and Clara have a little baggage. They both had their hearts broken by the other and they have both never forgot how they felt together.

But they had to get past that baggage before they could BE together.

To be blunt, Nick was willing to talk, it was Clara who kept digging in her heels because she didn't want to deal with the pain of digging through their past. But seeing one another every day (whether at home or at the school they both work at) starts to chip away at her walls. It takes some serious sibling (and BFFs) support, before she's willing to take things to more than a superficial level.

On Nick's side, Clara is the best part of his days. Seeing her, watching her interact with his kids (who adore her, btw), and feeling that old spark light up again whenever she's near is exactly what he needs. It takes time and patience and an 11th hour confession before things REALLY start moving.

Secrets, a horrible (ex)boss, kiddos who really dig their next door neighbor, lots of plants, a little friendly neighborly rivalry, a man who never stopped loving his (secret) high school sweetheart, and a lady who likes to bury her emotions until they can't be contained anymore. GOOD STUFF!