HOME TO WHISKEY CREEK was sad, nerve-wracking, scary, heartwarming, and affirming all wrapped up into one little book.
Addy Davies has reluctantly returned to Whiskey Creek to help care for her aging grandmother who raised her in the absence of her whimsical mother. Addy fled Whiskey Creek after high school in an unsuccessful effort to hide from the memories of the tragedies that happened there. Immediately upon her return she realizes that others also remember what happened and they are feeling threatened about her presence in town. When someone tries to scare her off the person who comes to her rescue is the last person she wants to have anything to do with, Noah Rackham. Noah was Addy’s high school crush and it was her desire to be closer to him that put her in harms way so many years ago. Now Addy has to try to keep Noah away from her because having him around makes it difficult to keep her secrets… but there is a definite attraction between them and Noah is not going to back off easily.
There were some very strong and emotional elements to this story that I feel the author did an amazing job writing about. All of the feelings portrayed by Addy- fear, nervousness, hesitation, and strength- seemed to jump off the page. The romance was built up well with an extra amount of challenge thrown in to test the characters and the strength of their feelings. Throughout the main plot there is a heart wrenching side story involving Noah and his best friend Baxter who is gay and believes he is in love with Noah. This plot point is written so well and so honestly despite the difficult subject matter- it really is beautiful. My only complaint is that I felt the story seemed to feel a bit rushed towards the end.
I have been pulled into the lives of the people in Whiskey Creek and I very much look forward to learning more about them.
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