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All Abby Cahill wanted was a quiet summer job in the beautiful Wisconsin woods. But the hospital where she's filling in turns out to be overcrowded... read full description

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Jul 29, 2011
Steffi rated it: 3 of 5 stars
2.5 stars

Abby Cahill only wanted a couple of nice quiet months while working as the Director of Nursing in a hospital in Blackberry Hill during the summer. But then the apartment she was supposed to stay in burned down and during tourist season it isn’t exactly easy to find another place to stay on short notice. Luckily for Abby, Ethan Matthews, a local, reluctantly offers her one of his cabins in exchange for some help around his farm, the house and with his son, Kiefer. Ethan, a w More...
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Aug 06, 2011
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When Abby Cahill is evicted from her rented room, she lands at Ethan Matthews' farm. But she's not looking for an attachment and the solitary biologist who seems to shun others. He on the other hand, finds himself more attracted to the city-raised nurse than he cares to admit. In fact, it's beginning to feel a little too much like home.

R.N and teaching nurse, Abby Cahill, takes a summer job as Director More...
Jul 28, 2011
Janga rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Having been jilted just a few months before her wedding, nurse Abby Cahill accepts a temporary job as Director of Nursing at a hospital in Blackberry Hill, Wisconsin. It’s strictly a summer job filling in between the retirement of one director and the arrival of another before Abby moves on a to new job and a new life in California. She isn’t interested in any ties to Blackberry Hill. But when a fire destroys the apartment she had rented and she’s evicted from the replacement apartment because s More...
Aug 04, 2011
Judy rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Home At Blackberry Hill by Roxanne Rustand. Originally published as A Temporary Arrangement
ISBN-978-0-373-36435-0 Third book in the Blackberry Hill Memorial Series.

Abby Cahill went to college with Erin Lang Reynolds. Erin is the Administrator at Blackberry Hill Memorial and needed a summer replacement for Grace who recently married and has retired. Abby worked as a nurse for three years and has been teaching and writing since then. After a broken engagement and a new job waitin More...
Jul 11, 2011
Adele rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I enjoyed the story and the characters, I just wish the ending hadn't been so ... abrupt. I would rate this at 3 1/2 stars. Sorry if this is vague but I don't want to ruin it for anyone. I would have liked to know just a little more about the situation and how things were settled.

It was nice to read main characters who didn't fall into convenient stereotypical behaviors and the same with one of the antagonists (who was a bit of a surprise). Also, I really liked the descriptions of th More...
Aug 22, 2011
Englishrose rated it: 3 of 5 stars
This book was fun though a bit sporadic. It went in a few directions that I hadn't expected it to go. The plot was nice and fun, but didn't get very deeply into backgrounds or emotions. I think there was just so much plot that were wasn't as much room for depth. Abby is a fun, independent woman. Ethan is a great dad and a sweet man once you get past his gruff exterior. I enjoyed this book, though it was a much lighter read, focusing more on the adventure of the outdoors and cruelty to/prote More...
Jul 28, 2011
Readers rated it: 4 of 5 stars
In Home at Blackberry Hill, Roxanne Rustand has penned a homespun novel that is sure to delight readers who enjoy a sweet romance. t=to view this review in its entirety, please visit http://thereadersroundtable.com/mainstre...
Nov 09, 2011
Gwnhwyfer rated it: 1 of 5 stars
Started off very slow and confusing; felt no connection to the characters...gave up after the first 50 pages.
Aug 01, 2011
ReadingWench rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I was a bit confused at the beginning of this book. I couldn't understand HOW, the woman has the 3 kids with her and arrives at the hospital, then leaves the hospital with another kid and goes and stays the night at his house. Where did the other 3 kids go? Since I got this as an ARC copy, maybe I missed a page or something. I don't know.

I was a good book. There was a nice mystery thrown in to round out the book. If I wasn't confused near the start of the book I would have rated it h
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