Dakota Born, by Debbie Macomber

Buffalo Valley, North Dakota is a small (fictional) town that is slowly dying out. Then Lindsay Snyder arrives from Savannah, Georgia to visit her late grandmother's old home. She is offered a fill-in teaching position at the high school, which would've been closed down had she not taken the job. She is well liked by the high school kids & the rest of the town, including Gage Sinclair, a local farmer. Although there is much friction between them, they are helplessly falling for each other. Things start to brighten around the town as Lindsay's students put on a play at the old theater, have a Valentine's dance, and local business people are invited to the school to tell the kids about their careers. What I like most about this book is that it's a simpler kind of life, less crowded with technology, the kids are content with their one-room school, and the characters living in this town are warm and friendly. This book is the first of a trilogy, and I am reading the second book, Dakota Home, next.