Search - Healing Promises (Defenders of Hope, Bk 2)

Clint and Sara have it all - a nice family, good jobs, good friends, and then one day, disaster strikes!! After receiving a bullet wound on the job, Clint is hospitalized where they find that he has cancer. His wife Sara just happens to work as an oncologist. This book is one of struggle, faith, and in the end about trusting God in the good times and bad. It shows how faith in God is more important than faith in any other one person.

I would mention that there are a couple of times where the author was a little forward about guy/girl relationships in the book. I did not like that and it added nothing to the book.

In Amy's first book Ransomed Dreams we are introduced to Gracie and the overwhelming incident in her life. Gracie experiences every mother's nightmare. The story is fast paced, compelling and full of amazing scenes of forgiveness. I found it exciting, thought provoking, heartfelt and a very rich story.

While Gracie's investigating the facts of her nightmare she meets FBI Agent Steven Kessler working in the Crimes Against Children Unit. Clint Rollins is Steven's partner. Clint's wife Sara is an oncologist. This group of people rooting for the same team encourages each other in and out of work. They all face impossible challenges in their lives day in and day out. They all have a strong faith in God. They live their faith out loud in the middle of unnerving situations. You'll want to read this book first so you'll experience the richness Healing Promises has in store for you.

In Amy's new book Healing Promises, all the same characters are back. Faith as they knew it and life as they all were comfortable with is threatened. Clint is tested in every aspect of his existence while he fights for his life. Clint is also on a mission to save children's lives and catch the serial killer â€"it's becoming so confusing for Clint. But he is determined to be an overcomer.

Clint is not going to let this disease get him down and stop him from getting this bad guy. Clint and his wife struggle with the reality that “In our weakness God is Strong.â€� Both Clint and Sara are used to being at the top of their game, in control. They both struggled with letting go of control â€" and letting God work in every fiber of their being. They wonder can it be done?

Both Clint and Sara didn't even want to entertain this thought “In Our weakness.� That was a very uncomfortable place for them both to be, yet it was the very place God was taking them. This is a fast paced story with a great sense of family unity. Amy introduces a new character Hanna Kessler, Steven's sister. We will learn more about Hanna in the third and final book of this series. Parts of this book made me feel uncomfortable. If you have a family member or friend dealing with a serious illness this will grip you. Amy has a way of getting to the heart of the matter. Treatments can be brutal on the patient and the family members as well. I have known some people very close to me deal with this disease. I had a new appreciation for what that family has gone through. This will definitely open your eyes to many things medically which I felt were necessary to the story.

Clint came to the conclusion “He was weak, but God was strong. God was God. God was in control.� Control that is what Clint wanted; Sara wanted; we all want. Read how Amy's story gives a clear message of this very passage. This book will leave you with the message of hope and what God's love looks like. This book will take you deeper if you let the message of God's Love grip your heart.

Nora St.Laurent - Book Club Servant Leader
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