A dry spell

"This love story is set in the Canadian town of Goodlands, stricken by drought for four years. For two years, the bank manager Karen has been forced to close on former friends. In desperation she writes to a rainmaker. A year later he turns up - but won't make it rain for nothing any more."@en
"Both a thriller and a love story, this richly-described tale is about a North Dakota town plagued by drought. Banker Karen Grange is in the unenviable position of foreclosing on devastated family farms. In an act of desperation she contacts Tom Keatley, a rainmaker, and the love story begins."@en
"A town of wide open prairies and endless skies, Goodlands, North Dakota, seemed the perfect place to farm and raise a family--until four years without rain brought the town to its knees. Now darkness has descended on Goodlands: fires are singeing the already parched land, suspicious crimes are on the rise and an ever-increasing sense of doom is enveloping the town. Goodlands is being held in the grip of something beyond weather. And only a stranger can set it free."@en