Romance Fiction - Reader Recommendations

I read Snowbound about a teacher and veteran who meet because of a blizzard. The teacher and her students, partcipating in a tournament, get caught driving in a blizzard. One of the students remembers a B&B/hotel in the area and they are lucky to find it. The veteran, scarred physically and emotionally, is not happy to have these unexpected guests. Naturally, he and the teacher, fall in love. They each have issues and end up splitting up, come together again, help each other deal with their issues and will live happily ever after following their marriage - which the students will attend!

Fiction Recommendations:
What other titles might I suggest:
If the person liked the story because it was a love story that involved a teacher and would share whether she liked the romance level - love at first sight with some sexuality - mostly "off-camera" but not entirely, then I would recommend another romance in the same Harlequin series, which is the Harlequin superromance series:
One of the titles in that series is called Son's Teacher so this would be a possibility:
Title : His son's teacher Author : Stockham, Kay.
Publisher : Toronto ; New York : Harlequin, c2008.
Subject Heading(s) : Single fathers--Fiction.
Teachers--Fiction.
Dyslexia--Fiction.
Tennessee--Fiction.
Love stories.
Series Title : Harlequin superromance ; 1502

I haven't had a chance to read it - it's been checked out since I read Snowbound!

If reader of Snowbound said she was interested in the female teacher story but found Snowbound a little tame both in the romance and depth of characterization, if the reader has also read chick lit or would be willing to try chick lit, I would recommend that she try the following: Everything Nice
She could read the Syndetics Publishers Weekly review available in our web catalog to see if this would be a good fit:

Title: Everything nice Author : Shanman, Ellen.
Publisher : New York : Bantam Books, c2008.
Subject Heading(s) : Single women--Fiction.
Risk-taking (Psychology)--Fiction.
Women teachers--Fiction.
Love stories.

NONFICTION RECOMMENDATIONS:
For nonfiction, again if reader a teacher or interested in teaching:

I could recommend a title written by a teacher, but would check to see if the reader was interested in something that focuses on day-to-day experiences with a focus on our troubled school systems, This might not be what the reader is looking for:
Title: Inside Mrs. B's Classroom : courage, hope, and learning on Chicago's South Side

Author : Baldacci, Leslie.
Publisher : New York : McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Subject Heading(s) : Baldacci, Leslie--Career in education.
Urban schools--Illinois--Chicago.
Public schools--Illinois--Chicago.
Women teachers--Illinois--Chicago.
Problem children--Education--Illinois--Chicago.

One of more interest, with a well-respected author, if reader interested in teaching would be by Jonathan Kozol: From the Booklist review of 9/1/2007 by Vanessa Bush:
A beautiful book that offers an intimate look at the challenges and joys of teaching and one that will inspire and inform teachers and all those interested in public education. Bush, Vanessa.
Title : Letters to a young teacher

Author : Kozol, Jonathan.
Publisher : New York : Crown Publishers, c2007.
Edition : 1st ed.
Subject Heading(s) : Teaching
Teachers--Anecdotes.
Teaching--Anecdotes.

We have biographies of teachers, many are biographies with an historical bent and I would explore those with the reader if she was not interested in the 2 I mention above. I haven't yet found a nonfiction teacher/love story book but I'd need to do more searching - especially the biographies or perhaps a classic I can't think of. More work to do on this!

I could also explore the Veterans or Blizzards aspect of the title Snowbound. There are fiction and NF books on blizzards but that really wasn't the focus of the novel - really a plot device to bring the characters together rather than the setting. There are books on health impacts on Iraqi veterans - more than any of would like to see - but a reality that readers may want to read.







The other romance I read was a historical romance and I enjoyed that more:
Title: Chances
Author : Nowak, Pamela.
Publisher : Waterville, Me. : Five Star, c2008.
Edition : 1st ed.
Subject Heading(s) : Women telegraphers--Fiction.
Undertakers and undertaking--Fiction.
Suffragists--Fiction.
Women--Colorado--History--Fiction.
Denver (Colo.)--Fiction.
Love stories.