Life Support Author: Visit Amazon's Candace Calvert Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1414361130 | Format: PDF
Life Support Description
From the Back Cover
Nurse Lauren Barclay put her life on hold to keep a watchful eye on her troubled sister. It’s why she’s back in Houston. But that means confronting the brooding physician assistant who caused painful turmoil in her family—and left Lauren with memories her heart can’t forget.
PA and single parent Elijah Landry is no stranger to stormy relationships, including one with his father, who is threatening him with a restraining order. It won’t stop Eli from protecting his disabled brother—or from making peace with Lauren. He wants that and so much more.
But as Lauren and Eli draw closer, a powerful hurricane roars toward Houston. Survival instincts take priority and everything changes. Can hope weather the storm?
- Series: Grace Medical
- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (February 21, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1414361130
- ISBN-13: 978-1414361130
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
So I could just feel that this was going to be my favorite in the series. Not sure why, but I just knew. And I was right. I also like how the author takes a secondary character in the previous book and makes them the main character in the next book, because Lauren was one of my favorite secondary characters and I'm glad we got her story as well.
I loved the characters. They definitely seemed real and believable. I think I liked Lauren more because I felt like I could relate to her. She spends so much time worrying about her sister and living up to her parents expectations that she's not really living life. Eli is a single father, fighting against his parents to protect his disabled brother. He is stubborn and yeah, maybe he does rub people the wrong way, but he has a good heart and only cares about taking care of his brother and daughter. And the secondary cast--Fletcher, Jessica, Gayla, Emma, Drew, the parents, everyone else--never seem secondary. They are as real and lovable as any main character.
I also love the different story lines that weave through the story. Calvert makes each story so complex, not in a way that would confuse the reader, but in a way that engages the reader's attention. Although the story is in third person, it shifts between focuses, and I love that we get to see a least some part from everyone's side (except, I realize as I type this, Jessica, which I think is significant). I especially love how she added a few scenes, albeit short, from Drew's perspective, bringing a voice to the mentally disabled.
This isn't just a medical chicklit type of book, or just a romantic fling. It is a deep, emotional book about faith and hope. Yet, it isn't all deep and serious. It is light, fun, and a very enjoyable read.
Get ready to put on your "scrubs" and dive into the fast paced environment where the inhabitants are nurses and doctors. Life Support by Candace Calvert is the perfect infusion of romance and drama with the background drop of the medical field. If you loved ER or Grey's Anatomy, you will be gripped by this book.
My Thoughts
This is the third book in the Grace Medical series, but I am glad to report that this can be read as a stand alone~
Getting right down to business, this book was hoping! I loved how detailed and vivid Calvert's writing is down to the medical jargon. Being a former ER nurse shows in Calvert's writings because as the reader the story felt alive. I felt as if I was in the ER watching everything, and that is what made me like this book even more. Nothing is worse than a book that "kind of" convinces you that the character's work at the ER and save lives. Oh, no. Calvert succeeds and triumphs all medical series that I have read so far. Truly stupendous.
Similar to other authors, Calvert'sPOVs don't just stop at two particular characters. There was about two other point of views besides Lauren and Eli's story in the book. For this book though it worked only because the other characters were connected to Lauren and Eli in some way that kept the story going.
Drama factor this story was bringing everything to the table. From a powerful hurricane overshadowing the whole story and leaving everyone on edge, to the stolen drugs, people jumping off of roofs, and people being set-up, it's got just about everything and I loved it. It was like a continuous episode of ER that just kept shocking me at each chapter.
Romance factor, Calvert wrote a cute romance that bloomed between Lauren and Eli.
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