Friday, May 3, 2013

"Rescue Team: Grace Medical Series Book 2" by Candace Calvert (Review & Giveaway)



ISBN-13: 9781414361123
About the book: Tired of running from her past, nurse Kate Callison intends to become Austin Grace Hospital's permanent ER director and make Texas her home. Then unthinkable tragedy wraps the ER in crime tape, bringing swarms of media, legal chaos-and a search-and-rescue hero who seems determined to meddle in her life.

For Wes Tanner, nothing beats finding someone who's lost; he's known that helpless terror firsthand. So he'll expand his team's lifeline of hope: K9 tracking, swift water rescue, even horse-mounted searches. He's ready for anything-except Austin Grace's prickly and dismissive ER director.

Review: I thoroughly enjoy Candace Calvert's books and requested to be on her short list of reviewers. So here we are with the second in the Grace Medical Series with "Rescue Team." The main characters Wes and Kate are thrust upon each other because their employment puts them directly in each others path.  Wes is a search and rescue team leader and Kate is an emergency room supervisor.  When Wes finds the lost and hurt, they are brought to Kate's ER.

Wes was lost as a child and doesn't want others to endure his traumatic experience or at least he wants to rescue the lost so they don't hurt as much. But he is still trying to come to terms with his own childhood experience.  Kate has been running from hospital to hospital in short-term positions because she is actually running from life.  Her past makes her run because she is hurting and she is lost and she believes she has done something no one will forgive.  But Kate wants to make it perfectly clear to Wes that she doesn't need rescuing.

While the story is about the lost and the rescued and the hurting and the healed, it is also about forgiveness.  The healing power of God's forgiveness for us and the healing power of our being able to forgive others. But this is a story of drama, too. Drama in the ER. Hospital drama with insurance liability and PR concerns. Drama in the field searching for the lost. Drama in family relationships. And it is a story of tenderness. The tenderness of being forgiven. The tenderness of a baby's touch. The tenderness of a gentle kiss.

GIVEAWAY:  Candace Calvert has graciously provided the opportunity for one of Chat With Vera's readers to win a their very own copy of Rescue Team.  Use the Rafflecopter entry form below. Begins May 1 and ENDS May 30 @ 12:01 a.m. EDT. Open to USA continental residents only.
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DISCLOSURE: I was provided a complimentary copy of Rescue Team by the author, Candace Calvert, in exchange for my honest review. Opinions expressed are solely my own.

19 comments:

  1. Candace is an experienced ER nurse...and shares her medical knowledge in her novels w/ precision and realisms.

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  2. I loved reading about Mrs. Calvert on her website... her story is amazing.
    I would love to read her books...I have only heard good about them, and this review sealed my opinion!

    The part about having a real armadillo in the pool was funny. :-) I can picture that!

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    1. Thank you for your sweet remark about my review, Faith F! It just makes my day to see that my review has had an impact!

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  3. I love Candace's faith and positive spirit. It was interesting to hear how God used a serious equestrian accident to draw her to Himself.

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  4. Candace lost her little girl at park circus performance.

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  5. I find it really interesting that Candace rode a camel in Egypt... I haven't heard of many people that have gotten to go there, and I think that's awesome!

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  6. Candace had her daughter get lost at the park.

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  7. She says "the difference between being a strong woman and a woman of strength is faith".
    Kathy Davis
    kdavis1@centurytel.net

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  8. Candace lost her daughter at the park.
    Kathy Davis
    kdavis1@centurytel.net

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  9. I found her "God took drastic measures to get her attention", so true.

    sonflower277 at gmail dot com

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  10. She lost her daughter at the park

    sonflower277 at gmail dot com

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  11. Wow, the Lord did a number on Candice before she came to accept him. It would be hard to trust God after all the stuff that happened. However, when you look at someone like Job and see all the trials God aloud in his life, which made Job a better person and made the relationship between God and Job so much sweeter. Anyway, God has a plan for everything, even if it seams unbearable at the time.
    ldymesich(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  12. I Love Candace's books and would love this one for our church library!
    Blessings;;;Joy
    ibjoy1953[at]yahoo.com

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  13. And the two things I find interesting about Candace is that she swam with stingrays, rode a camel at the pyramids, and sang (badly) with a Newfoundland country band.

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  14. When reading her bio I thought it was interesting that she swam with stingrays and rode a camel at the pyramids. She is very adventurous.

    Katie J.
    johnsonk133[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  15. She lost her daughter at the park

    Katie J.
    johnsonk133[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  16. Her children getting lost.

    Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

    bonnieroof60@yahoo.com

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  17. I identified with the comment Candace made in her bio that God took drastic measures to get her attention - sometimes that is the only way He can!

    Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

    bonnieroof60@yahoo.com

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  18. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity! To answer the questions: she lost her daughter at a park and singing with a Newfoundland country band.

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