In this fourth installment of the Maple Falls romance series, we get the fourth friend in our Chick Clique--Olivia's love story. And it is NOT a simple straight line. it's got hills and valleys and flat lines. I felt like this story was probably one of the most believable of the four friends. Mostly because it takes place over the course of over a year. This book actually starts midway through a previous book and for several chapters runs concurrent with events in previous books. So it wouldn't be helpful to start with this book.

Now--her love interest first showed up in the previous book as he is Anita's (her best friend) brother. The book starts of with a zip zap tingle of attraction...but then a twist of events and it fizzles and dies due to complications. The book picks up a year later. But it's still not smooth sailing. This is why I actually enjoyed this book.

Now about the lead characters:
Anita is a serious Type A, only child, by the book, only routine, no deviations, no risks kind of girl.

Kingston is a people pleaser who can't say no to a good cause or event or job or (fill in the blank). this is to his detriment when his job as a pediatrician suffers greatly to him being overworked and spread too thin. He simply has so MANY priorities, everything gets dropped and he's on a sure fire path to burnout.

it's because of Kingston's lack of balance--and Anita's avoidance of risk that things go up and down in their relationship. But enter Kingston's forced sabbatical of two months...and that is where the bulk of the story resides.

You will also get a LOVELY side story of Erma who has been a figure in all the books--Riley's grandmother. She makes me smile.

Out of the four books--this one is one of my favorites.

Now--while this is a Christian fiction--there isn't really a drop of faith message in it. Which makes it really just a clean fiction book. Again.

4 stars as a overall score
3.5 as a Christian fiction for the lack of faith message.