Will writing a romance help this
author find a real-life hero?
Charity Anderson turned her back
on Kings Meadow years ago, with good reason, and has avoided visits to her
hometown whenever possible. But with her house in Boise damaged by floodwaters
and a book deadline bearing down, staying in her parents’ empty home seems her
only option. However, being in Kings Meadow dredges up a painful secret, and
old fears threaten to overwhelm her.
Charity’s former high school
classmate Buck Malone never left town, instead sacrificing his dreams to take
care of his family. Now he enjoys an uncomplicated life as a wilderness guide
and confirmed bachelor. The last thing on his mind is settling down.
When Charity’s dog causes an
accident that leaves Buck with a broken ankle and wrist at the start of prime
tourist season, Charity has little choice but to render aid while he
recuperates. Soon Buck becomes the inspiration for Charity’s hero, both on the
page and off. Can he also help her face and overcome her fears so they might
find their own happily ever after?
Whenever You Come Around is
the second book in Robin Lee Hatcher’s Kings
Meadow Romance series, coming after Love Without End. I really enjoyed the first book in the series, so I was
excited to continue on with this one, but I didn’t expect that I would love it
as much as I did. This story was so heartwarming and sweet, I absolutely had to
put it on my all-time favorite’s list. The ending was my absolute favorite
part, even though I wish the story could have gone on even longer, because it
was so, so sweet I couldn’t even handle it.
Charity
Anderson is such an intriguing and lovable character! Something I really love
about her story is the way that Robin left me guessing about what really
happened in her past up until I was about halfway through the book. That really
kept me interested, if I wasn’t before, and it gave me time to really get to
know her and what made her tick without knowing the whole story, and I felt
like that gave me an insight to what Buck was feeling as he got to know her.
Since Charity went through so much in her lifetime, partially because of what
really happened and partially because of the way she hung on to it and beat
herself up about it, I felt so much compassion for her throughout the course of
this book, and I really cheered with her every time she made progress in her
journey to healing. Because I’m a writer myself, to an extent, I loved watching
Charity in her writing journey, and my favorite thing of all was her
relationship, or lack of a relationship at the beginning at least, with Buck.
Buck
Malone really is one of the sweetest guys! The way he put his own dreams aside
to take care of his father and help his family was so admirable, and it really
shaped him into the kind, caring character we meet at the beginning of this
book. Even though he is the one hurt in the first few chapters, the main view
you see of him is his caring attitude towards Charity, the way he sees her pain
and wants to do something about it, even before he allows himself to care for
her. Once he does though, you won’t be able to keep yourself from falling in
love with him, or from wondering why guys like him don’t really exist.
All in
all, this really was such a great book. The characters, the lessons they
learned, the storyline, all of it combined to make this the perfect story that
easily earned all five bookshelves. I am completely serious when I tell you: go
read this book!!! I would recommend reading Love
Without End first, just because the characters from that story are
mentioned a few times in this one, but still, go read it. And look out for my
mention of the third book, which is coming out soon!
Happy
reading!!!
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Robin Lee
Hatcher and Thomas Nelson Publishing.
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