School by the Sea Series: Book 2
Publication Date: August 23, 2022
It’s summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan’s utterly charming School by the Sea series, set at a girls’ boarding school in Cornwall.
For the second year at Downey House, it’s getting harder and harder to stick to the rules…
Maggie Adair’s first year as a teacher at Downey House was a surprising success. After making the leap from an inner-city school in Glasgow, she’s learned to appreciate the mellower pace of the girls’ boarding school by the sea.
Now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, sweet and steady Stan, Maggie’s just got to stop thinking about David McDonald, her colleague at the boys’ school down the road. Well, hasn’t she? Can Maggie take a leaf out of the Well Behaved Teacher’s exercise book and stick to her plan for a small but elegant wedding and settled life of matrimony?
Even as Maggie tries to stay within the lines, rules are being broken all around her. Maggie’s boss, headmistress Veronica Deveral, has more to lose than anyone. When Daniel Stapleton joins the faculty, Veronica finds herself forced to confront a scandalous secret she thought she’d carefully buried forever. How long will she be able to keep her past under wraps?
What does a new year of classes, rules, and camaraderie hold for the students and faculty at Downey House?
The students at Downey House are back for a new school year. With the nervousness in the past, boundaries are tested.
Author Jenny Colgan continues her charming boarding school series with the second installment, Rules at the School by the Sea.
It appears that even the headmistress is caught up in the aftermath of an age-old secret. Teacher Maggie Adair continues to find herself tempted by a teacher at Downey Boys despite being engaged to her steady boyfriend back home in Scotland. There are plenty of rule-breaking opportunities happening within Maggie’s world.
Returning students Felicity and Simone get into their own trouble thanks to Alice and Zelda. However, what is boarding school without pranks and threats of expulsion?
For optimal enjoyment, the series should be read in order. Set against a picturesque background in Cornwall, this installment proves to be just as captivating as the first. The conclusion will have you ready to find out what happens next.
Rules at the School by the Sea allows the characters to grow and test their limits.
Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Christmas Bookshop, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café. Jenny, her husband, and three children live in a genuine castle in Scotland.
