Book Review: Healing Promises

I was so excited when my SIL, Heather, sent me the proof of her friend Amy Wallace's second book, Healing Promises early in the Summer! I immediately put it in my "to be read" pile. Then I found the book at my local Christian bookstore and decided to buy my own copy so Heather could have hers back.

I reviewed Amy's first book, Ransomed Dreams on my blog over a year ago. It is a fabulous book that reads like a great episode of CSI or Law and Order but has Biblical truth woven throughout the story.
Healing Promises delivered the same satisfaction. It is the story of Clint and Sara Rollins. Clint is an FBI agent who receives an unexpected diagnosis of cancer after being shot on the job. Sara is an oncologist who has offered hope to many of her patients. Facing the familiar disease is totally different when it's her husband who's fighting the battle. Both Sara and Clint are forced to come to grips with their faith amidst the trials they are facing. As she did in the first book, Amy makes the faith thread a natural extension of the story and does not shove it down the reader's throat.

During his illness, Clint continues to work to help solve the case of a kidnapper and serial killer.
In the meantime, the reader gets to read the next chapter of Steven and Gracie's story which started in the first book while meeting Michael (Steven and Clint's co-worker) and Hannah (Steven's sister). Amy's books are suspense-filled yet brimming with hope and possibilities for Christians living in the "real world."

If you choose to read this book, I suggest starting with book one. While their stories "could" stand alone, these two books are definitely woven together as the reader gets to know the characters and the events of their lives. While the ending was quite satisfying, I found myself wanting to go back in and savor the characters just a bit more. I am anxious to do just that when I read Michael and Hannah's story in book 3 of Amy's Defenders of Hope series in 2009!