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The Rescue
Author: Nicholas Sparks

Book Information
Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780446525503 - ISBN-10: 0446525502
Publication Date: 9/2000
Pages: 339


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Audio CD (Unabridged)

Book Description:
One of America's bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all...loving someone forever.

Taylor McAden is a volunteer fireman who is always the first to plunge into danger. But there is one risk he can't seem to take: falling in love. Until he meets Denise Holden, a single mother who has moved to the small town of Edenton, North Carolina, to build a new life. A near fatal car crash will bring these two together, but before that can happen, Taylor must first look into his past and see if it's not too late to take a chance on the future.


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Top Member Book Reviews

Jennifer B. wrote on 10/15/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Another great book! I couldn't put it down. This book was such a good heart felt read. I really felt myself being sucked into the character's lives. I cried with them, laughed with them and loved with them. Great work from a great author. Never disappointing!

Debbie S. (debjoyreads) wrote on 3/9/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I just finished this book and loved it! Such a romantic story, another great one by Nicholas Sparks. I loved the ending too!


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Tina W. (ladywhitman) wrote on 8/13/2009...


ahh i cant believe this is about his son!!!

Lacey B. (creamcheese) - SD wrote on 7/30/2009...


Another great novel by Nicholas Sparks! Mom Denise Holden just moved into town and has a car accident. Her rescuer Taylor McAden, has had problems in love. But as they bump into each other throughout this small town, they slowly fall in love. But maybe it isn't meant to be... Awesome book that you have to read!

Sheena C. wrote on 7/2/2009...


Another Amazing book by Nicholas Sparks!

Jana P. (Jana) wrote on 3/8/2009...


Married to a firefighter, I loved this book.

Silvia B. (barras31063) wrote on 12/17/2008...


This was a great read. I loved it!

Ginger L. (Nuranar) wrote on 5/3/2007...


From the front flap:

When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks--risks no one else in the department would ever take--to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who needed to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over, as soon as the relationship starts to become truly intimate.

Then, one day, a raging, record-breaking storm his his small Southern town. Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed evertying. unconscious and bleeding, she--but not Kyle--will be found by Taylor McAden. And when she wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone.

During the search for Kyle, the connection, the lifeline, between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. That it will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love. That it will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. That it will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.

Ginger L. (Nuranar) wrote on 5/3/2007...


From the front flap:

When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks--risks no one else in the department would ever take--to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who needed to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over, as soon as the relationship starts to become truly intimate.

Then, one day, a raging, record-breaking storm his his small Southern town. Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed evertying. unconscious and bleeding, she--but not Kyle--will be found by Taylor McAden. And when she wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone.

During the search for Kyle, the connection, the lifeline, between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. That it will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love. That it will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. That it will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.

Kelley M. wrote on 4/1/2007...


If you are a romantic, you'll love this book just as much as Sparks' other books. Easy read.

Stephanie P. (thpets) wrote on 2/28/2007...


This was a great read. I loved it!

Gaye E. (gedwards8671) wrote on 2/22/2007...


Paper cover is missing, but book is in excellent condition.


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