Three years after a tragic accident left her a widow, ER
nurse Taylor Cabot is determined to move on, checking off one item after
another on her survival list. Her relationship with a handsome plastic surgeon
even gives her hope for the last point—“fall in love again.” At least until
crisis chaplain Seth Donovan steps back into her life, reawakening unanswered
questions about her husband’s death
.
While in San Diego to train community
volunteers, Seth hopes to learn why Taylor
is backing away from the crisis team and from their friendship. But nothing
prepares him for the feelings that arise when he sees Taylor again . . . and sees her moving on
with another man.
When a community crisis hits home and puts lives at risk, emotions run high and
buried truths are unearthed. Will hope make the survival list?
MY REVIEW: Author
Candace Calvert's contemporary medical romances are given great insights by her
own experiences as an ER Nurse. "Step by Step" is Book 2 in her
"Crisis Team Series". In Book 1, "By Your Side", readers
were introduced to Taylor Cabot and Seth Donovan, and now they are given their
own story. Several years after the
accidental death of her husband, ER Nurse Taylor Cabot is striving to resume a
full and meaningful life, seeking resolutions to unanswered questions, and
checking off items on her Survival List. When she is reunited with Crisis
Chaplain Seth Donovan, her decision to move away from the crisis team and their
friendship is questioned by Seth, who discovers his own deeper feelings for Taylor. Since Taylor is involved with a local doctor, Seth keeps his
personal issues to himself, and he continues to hope that Taylor will change her mind about the crisis
team. Working together when several emergencies arise in the community keeps
Taylor and Seth in close contact, and Taylor
discovers a new depth to her fondness for Seth. However, unexpected and long
withheld secrets will shed a new light on everything Taylor thought she knew--will there still be
a chance for a new and lasting love to grow from old memories?
Review Copy Gratis via Tyndale Blog Network
ER nurse Macy Wynn learned essential, gritty lessons in the California foster care
system: land on your feet and trust no one. She’s finally located the fellow
foster child she loves like a sister, but the girl’s in deep trouble. Macy’s
determined to help, no matter what it takes. Her motto is to “make it happen”
in any situation life throws at her—even when she butts heads with an
idealistic cop.
Deputy Fletcher Holt believes in a higher plan, the fair outcome—and his
ability to handle that by himself if necessary. Now he’s been yanked from
Houston, his mother is battling cancer, and he’s attracted to a strong-willed
nurse who could be the target of a brutal sniper.
When everything goes wrong, where do they put their trust?
Candace Calvert
Former ER nurse, wife, Mom and grandmother, Candace Calvert believes that love,
laughter, and faith are the best medicines of all. Her new Mercy Hospital
Series for Tyndale House offers readers charismatic characters, pulse-pounding
medical drama, romance, humor, suspense--and a prescription for hope. Think,
“Grey’s Anatomy finds its soul.”
She is a Northern California native who began her nursing
career in rural Oregon,
and later moved to Hill Country Texas--where she learned to check her shoes for
scorpions and plucked an armadillo from her swimming pool. Thinks cruising is
the best way to travel: honeymooned in Venice,
swam with stingrays, rode a camel at the pyramids, and sang (badly) with a Newfoundland country
band. She loves cooking, dancing the Two Step, bird watching, and gets goose
bumps when her handsome husband hits the low notes at karaoke. She’s wild about
Beth Moore Bible studies, and recently graduated from The Community of Hope
training for lay chaplains. Candace published a series of madcap cruise
mysteries in the mainstream market, and now writes inspirational fiction
because God blessed her with a quirky wit, buoyant optimism, and a contagious
sense of fun--but she didn’t come to know him until after the Triple Whammy
that turned her life into bad country song. A painful and unexpected divorce,
the merciless Northern California floods of 1997, and (just when she was coping
like a champ, no problem) an equestrian accident that left her with fractured
ribs, a bleeding lung, broken back, neck fractures and a spinal cord injury.
She’ll tell you that God took drastic measures to get her attention.
In the months of rehabilitation, Candace healed in body and spirit and came to
fully understand the difference between being a strong woman and a woman of
strength. The difference is faith, and that lesson has been her biggest
blessing. Her story, “By Accident,” appears in Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s
Soul, and launched her writing career. Now, she is honored to bring readers a
new medical drama series offering exciting entertainment and a healthy dose of
hope. In these challenging times, she thinks it’s exactly what the doctor
ordered!
