Whatever Tomorrow Brings (The Californians, Book 1)

In this book a missionary family travels from Hawaii to San Francisco and even though this trip is planned as a holiday they all sense that they won't return. After their arrival in San Francisco the mother dies and the father returns to Hawaii, only to get things setteled. The three children, Kaitlin, Sean and Marcail are supposed to stay with their aunt. But then cousin Percy appears. He falls in love with Kaitlin and as she keeps on ignoring him unwillingly he tries to force a kiss from her. Kaitlin who never had problems like this with men before blames herself for what had happened. She doesn't want to cause any more problems and so she decides to move away with her sibblings. They move to Santa Rosa where Kaitlin is able to work as a schoolteacher and where Marshall Riggs falls in love with her. But knowing about the episode with Percy he sees that he has to give Kaitlin time if he wants his love to be returned.The journey to San Francisco, the death of the mother and the episode with Percy, all these things happen at the beginning of the story. So in the main part basically nothing happens. Kaitlin and Riggs discover their feelings for each other, Sean has problems with growing up and Marcail misses her father. Well, that's the whole story. And still, I promise you, you'll stay glued to this book. I don't know how Lori Wick does this but somehow you'll just fall in love with the characters so that they become like good friends every time you open the book and then you don't want to close it anymore. When I read the last page I was happy but also disapointed to somehow loose these new friends. I am now really looking forward to read the second part of the Californians. I recommend this book to everyone who likes to read good, romantic love stories.

I have read the Californians series twice and both times it captured my attention. I appreciated the unique plot and the historical details, and the series made me a fan of Lori Wick. However, as is the case, unfortunately, among much Christian fiction, all four books suffered from poor editing. Fortunately, this has been remedied in Wick's more recent work.

The California Series is simply wonderful!! Lori Wick can grab a readers attention with a wonderful story.

This Lori Wick series was the first Christian fiction I have ever read. I am an avid reader and have checked out and read all Lori Wick books our church library has.