Moonlight At Butternut Lake by Mary McNear

The final book in the Butternut trilogy. The past two days I have reviewed Up At Butternut Lake and Butternut Summer. This final installment of the series is an excellent completion that left me wanting more time at Butternut Lake. ~Sheila

Mila Jones is running from her past. When an opportunity comes up for her to take a Home Care Nurse position over 200 miles from her current situation she takes the offer. After all, staying in a cabin on a lake in a quiet town like Butternut Minnesota sounds like the perfect escape. Taking care of a wheelchair bound man named Reid Ford sounds like a pretty easy task compared to the life she is trying to escape.

Reid Ford however turns out to be anything but easy.

After Reid’s car accident that left him wheelchair bound, Reid has become a bitter shell of the confident always on the go man he once was. Hating to rely on anyone for help, Reid has already chased off many in home health care aids with his biting sarcasm and unwillingness to help himself in any way. When Reid takes one look at the young small woman named Mila he sees someone else who will be easy to run off. Yet Reid notices something in Mila’s eyes he did not see in the other home care aids, a stubborn look of determination.

This…

could get interesting.

I really enjoyed Moonlight on Butternut Lake, perhaps even to the point of saying it was my favorite of the three books. I liked Mila’s background story. Reid is the brother of Walker Ford who we meet in the first book which helps the reader have a peek into the man that Reid was before the accident. The change in him is startling and believable. I found this book to have strong topics that felt realistic and I enjoyed how the characters from the past books play a role as this final story plays out.

Mila and Reid make for great protagonists. Their differences played well off one another.

I have to admit, the Butternut Lake books brought me a nice comfort while I spent time with them. I enjoyed how they all were separate books but together lay out quite a nice story about the powers of a small town in Minnesota.