"Catch a Falling Star" by Beth K. Vogt

I am pretty new to reading Beth K. Vogt's books, but this is my favorite of the ones I have read. I enjoyed having main characters who were a little older and more relatable to where I am in my stage of life.

Kendall Haynes has worked very hard to become a doctor and establish a successful family practice with a focus on allergies and asthma. She never put aside the dream of having a family, but that part just never materialized. Now with her much-younger sister getting married, as well as the last of Kendall's single girlfriends, she's starting to feel that longing ache again. What's a woman to do, though? She's got her practice, her dog, and her Jeep. Maybe that's all of the dream she'll get to have.

Having never expected to become the guardian of his teenage brother, grounded Air Force pilot Griffin Walker is floundering with his new responsibilities. He already felt a little lost, a physical condition having put his career on hold. Now with the death of his parents Griffin has Ian ushered into his life - the little brother he'd only met a few times. When Ian has an anaphylactic reaction while eating out at a restaurant, Griffin realizes how little he knows about the boy. Thankfully a doctor is present to help Ian, but the feisty female doctor lights into him for being so careless about his brother's health.

Griffin books an appointment to get Ian's allergies evaluated, and comes face to face with the disapproving Dr. Kendall Haynes again. He can see that she and Ian have formed a connection, largely because Kendall knows what it's like to be a young person who has lost a parent. Even though she makes him feel even more incompetent as a guardian, he soon realizes that her friendship is valuable.

Meanwhile Kendall has started dating a doctor who has just returned from the mission field and is starting a corporation for medical advancements in third world countries. Perhaps her dream of having it all is still attainable. But why is it that even though Heath is the one courting her, it's Griffin and Ian she can't get off her mind?

As I said, I enjoyed this story a lot. It showed the complexities of lives that have not turned out as expected. There also were hints of a darker mystery just under the surface that kept me turning pages. I had a few minor complaints, mainly that a few things seemed too convenient early in the story, but overall this is one I'd recommend and it certainly kept me interested in reading more from this author.