by Lori Handeland
A story of Doctor Daniel Chadwick and Grace Lightfoot competing for a
grant on the projects they both feel are important. The grant will come Mrs.
Cabilla who will make the final decision.
The challenge comes when the two main characters are supposed to work
together for two weeks before it is decided who will get the grant.
Grace has a different outlook on life than Dan; she is free spirited and he
is reserved. Her project is Project Hope and his is a medical research
project.
Dan's family has disinherited him because he went into the wrong field of
medicine and Grace was still angry at her father for letting stress kill him (my
feelings). He was Ojibwe and his wife Irish. The Ojibwe believed in taking care
of family and so he took care of his three sisters who loved in the same house
as Grace. They are wonderful characters and I really see them as characters.
There is also Olaf, a Norwegian, who protects Grace from "bad men".
Again, the author brings the flavor of her home state of Wisconsin. I live
in Minnesota but was not raised here so I had to learn these things of Minnesota
and Wisconsin. The lab for Daniel is on a old Boy Scout Camp in Wisconsin; my
sons went to Tomahawk Scout Camp in Wisconsin. There is Lake Illusion in the
book and Wisconsin is full of lakes. Lutefisk is mentioned in the book and it is
a cured fish eaten traditionally by Scandinavians. Mosquitos are thick when
there is a lot of rain and so true. I learned in one of her book why Wisconsin
is called the Badger State. I like this type of information in books; it makes
the book more personal.
I think that Lori Handeland does a good job of her descriptions; the reader
is almost there.
The story is about an oil and water mixture from the two main characters
they get along and then don't get along. The reader wants to know what really
is going to happen at the end. Some steamy kissing scenes but not bad.
A good read for the airplane or sitting outside. The
authors's site is www.lorihandeland.com.
This will also be posted on my blog:www.mnleona.blogspot.com and
www.librarything.com
I received a complimentary copy of When You Wish to read and review. The
opinions are my own.
Leona Olson
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