Women's Fiction

Waiting for Daybreak by Kathryn Cushman

This was my first time to read a book by this author. I was captured from the very beginning. The setting takes place at a small town pharmacy.Clarissa Richardson is pharmacist at her grandfather’s pharmacy. She aims to please her grandfather so that he’ll allow her to open her own pharmacy in a building that her deceased grandmother worked in. Clarissa’s grandfather meets Paige Woodward and is impressed with her compassion for people and her customer service. He hires Paige to work for Clarissa at his pharmacy without asking Clarissa’s permission. Paige accepts his offer because this will allow her to move back home with her parents and help with the cost of her mother’s experimental cancer treatment. A battle of wills takes place because Clarissa doesn’t agree with her grandfather’s decision to hire Paige. Clarissa hires a private investigator and schemes against Paige. Paige realizes what Clarissa is doing but is determined to stand her ground because of her need to support her family. There are some very dramatic scenes and you’ll not be disappointed with the outcome of this novel. Check out the author’s website at http://www.kathryncushman.com/