When Summer Comes Book Review

I was so excited to get to the next book in this series that it went by in a blur from putting down the last book to picking up the new one.  When Summer Comes (Whiskey Creek) by Brenda Novak was the third book in the series.  It was focused on Callie and all the things going on in her life and there is a lot going on!!

One day, Callie Vanetta receives devastating news…She needs a liver transplant. But her doctors warn that, in her case, the chances of finding a compatible donor aren't good.

Determined to spend whatever time she has left on her own terms, she keeps the diagnosis to herself and moves out to her late grandparents' farm. She's always wanted to live there. But the farm hasn't been worked in years and she begins to fear she can't manage it, that she'll have to return to town.

One night, a stranger comes knocking at her door…He's an attractive and mysterious drifter by the name of Levi McCloud, and he offers to trade work for a few nights' shelter. Callie figures she doesn't have anything to lose. He needs a place to stay until he can fix his motorcycle; she needs an extra pair of hands. The arrangement seems ideal until what was supposed to be temporary starts to look more and more permanent. Then she realizes she does have something to lose—her heart. And, although he doesn't yet know it, Levi stands to lose even more.

I thought this was a great book because it was dealing with life and death situations (like the last book) and it had the additional mystery that Callie was trying to hide her diagnosis so that she wouldn't be treated differently.  She is fighting a horrible problem that can't be solved and then she has a mysterious stranger show up on her door step in need of medical attention.  She is quickly coming to the rescue of Levi by getting him stitches from the local vet, who frequently makes house calls and works on humans because there are no doctors in the area.  Levi stays on to heal and works on fixing up her barn and house to help repay her kindness.  It is an awkward relationship that blooms between the two of them.  I was instantly pulling for Callie to get everything that she wanted in life. This book has a lot of ups and downs and maybe a few tears along the way but I hope that you check out this book and the rest of the Whiskey Creek series and enjoy it as much as I have.