Foster Spirit — Angelica Kate

THIS BOOK IS PART OF A SERIES - BUT CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE WITHOUT A CLIFFHANGER OR THE READER FEELING LOST!Before her death, Mama Jean, as the foster children fondly knew her, she took in, set in motion the plans for the Hertzel-Mendall Family Farm, a community established to offer homes to families that fostered children.  The Farm offers therapeutic, recreational, and many other services all in one place to achieve the best outcomes for children in the foster care system.  Mama Jean Hertzel fostered teenagers who had run out of options.  Teens who were considered unadoptable mostly due to their ages, but sometimes for other reasons.  She gave them a chance when they were out of chances.  Through the years, six of those young people made it all the way through her innovative program, and this group, tight as any biological family, were named in her will as the team to assume not only her wealth but the weight of caring for the oversight of the Farm.  Each of them has overcome big odds, and each book in this series allows us to be part of their world for a little while. BOOK #5 - FOSTER SPIRITHadley is an eternal optimist, despite her pint-sized stature. She is loved and adored by everyone, full of joy and kindheartedness. Until the day, Logan Reems takes it upon himself to become her designated, albeit it reluctant knight in shining armor, and rescue her from the mud. She has never come up against anyone so haughty and mean-spirited. Her determination to avoid contact with him is derailed when she finds out his two boys will be in her kindergarten class.Logan Reems is pleased that his new position as Operations Manager for The Farm will not only offer his family the stability of a permanent home but a full range of therapeutic options for his son, Parker.  He gets along with all the farm owners until the day he meets Hadley, the youngest of the six foster kids Mama Jean raised. When he helps her out of a bad situation, the tiny spitfire of a woman is not only ungrateful, she is furious. From that first meeting, something about the woman makes him want to throttle her, but they will need to learn to tolerate one another for his boys' sake.