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Healing Promises

(Multnomah Publishers - April 15, 2008)

by

Amy Wallace

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Amy Wallace is the author of Ransomed Dreams, a homeschool mom, and a self-confessed chocoholic. She is a graduate of the Gwinnett County Citizens Police Academy and a contributing author of several books, including God Answers Moms’ Prayers and Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Diabetes. She lives with her husband and three children in Georgia.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Facing a new threat.
When FBI Agent Clint Rollins takes a bullet during a standoff, it might just save his life. But not even the ugly things he’s seen during his years working in the Crimes Against Children Unit could prepare him for the overwhelming powerlessness of hospital tests revealing an unexpected diagnosis. If only Sara weren’t retreating into doctor mode…he needs his wife now more than ever.

Frozen in fear.
Sara Rollins is an oncologist with a mission–beating cancer when she can, easing her patients’ suffering at the very least. Now the life of her tall Texan husband is at stake. She never let the odds steal her hope before, but in this case, the question of God’s healing promises is personal. Can she hold on to the truth she claimed to believe?

Faith under fire.
As Clint continues to track down a serial kidnapper despite his illness, former investigations haunt his nightmares, pushing him beyond solving the case into risking his life and career. Clint struggles to believe God is still the God of miracles. Especially when he needs not one, but two. Everything in his life is reduced to one all-important question: Can God be trusted?

If you would like to read the first chapter, go HERE

My Review: Do you ever wonder why God allows bad things to happen to good people? To wonder why suffering seems to flourish? Where is God in the times of crisis in your life? How can you cling to your faith and put your trust in God during these periods? These are questions that Clint Rollins, an FBI agent investigating a serial kidnapper and killer, and his wife Sara, an oncologist, face in this gripping story.  This book arrived on the day that my father was diagnosed as having cancer. (Another example of God's perfect timing.) At first I was reluctant to begin reading, but I found that Amy Wallace has done a terrific job of dealing with difficult issues, such as cancer and death, while seamlessly weaving a spellbinding mystery thriller.
 The characters are well developed and "real" in their struggle to understand God's plans for their life. They express questions, fears, and doubts. I highly recommend this book to anyone experiencing a difficult time in their life, or anyone who enjoys a good mystery.