Just when Charity’s wild imagination failed her, a flesh-and-blood hero walked into her life. Best-selling author Charity Anderson returns to her hometown of Kings Meadow to defeat a bad case of writer’s block. She imagines she’ll spend a lonely summer writing and then return to her home in Boise. She soon finds herself caring for Buck Malone, a wilderness guide—and the object of her unrequited teenage crush. But what else can she do? Her dog Cocoa caused the accident that left Buck with a broken ankle and wrist, taking him off the trail for weeks of prime tourist-season work. Buck and Charity have gone different ways since high school, and at first it seems they have little in common. Buck loves the simple, low-key life he’s made for himself in the mountains of Idaho, and she’s a woman accustomed to the faster, bustling pace of the city. But spending so much time together has Buck hoping to change her mind about staying in the small town she thought she’d left behind for good. It’s a summer for discovering that young love is a spark not soon extinguished.
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Summary
Charity Anderson never expected to spend the summer next door to her high school crush when she decided to spend several months in her childhood home in Kings Meadow, Idaho. Struggling to write a new book while her home in Boise is being remodeled, Charity hopes to find refuge while her parents travel abroad, but just one glance at Buck Malone has her sufficiently distracted. What is worse, her faithful dog Cocoa involves Buck in a \"leash accident\" that leaves him with a broken wrist and ankle; preventing him from leading wilderness trips for most of the summer. Buck Malone barely recognizes Kings Meadow's most famous author. Charity Anderson has not come home in years and that puzzles him. It's obvious that there is more to her story when he quizzes her about it, but she refuses to give him any details and practically hyperventilates when he digs for information. Since he is a self¬confirmed bachelor, Buck has a difficult time understanding his fascination with his lovely neighbor¬turnedhelper during his convalescence. The summer is ending quickly, do Charity and Buck have enough time to sort out their true feelings? \"Whenever You Come Around\" is a nice addition to Robin Lee Hatcher's Kings Meadows Romance series, but the story ends a little too quickly and I was left wanting just a little bit more.
Violence: A main character has vivid memories of a violent attack on her person. It is not described in any detail.
Drug & Alcohol: Alcohol use is mentioned in the past tense.