SECOND OPINION

The Healing Touch, Book 1

Hannah Alexander

Bethany House

ISBN: 0-7642-2528-6

April 2002

Inspirational Mystery

Dr. Grant Sheldon moved to Dogwood Springs, Missouri with his sixteen-year-old twins looking for some serenity after being left a widow.  What he doesn’t expect is to find himself in the middle of the most baffling surge of a flu-like illness that he has ever seen.  He only has a short time to spend before patients start dying and the hunt for a cause is on.

Nurse Lauren McCaffrey is one to succumb to the weakening effects of this “flu.”  When rumors start flying that she is pregnant with the esteemed town reverend’s child, Lauren finds herself facing not only a disease that she is unable to beat, but she also the scorn of the town.

Respiratory Therapist Gina Drake’s world is falling around her, as she begins hearing voices and blacking out.  When her young sons are left alone during one of her “spells” and one is injured, she faces losing the two boys that mean everything.

Reverend Archer Pierce’s fiancée left him for her singing career.  Now he is battling to win her back, counseling a town in trouble, and proving that he and Lauren are only friends to a bunch of nosy neighbors.

Grant, Lauren, Gina and Archer find themselves drawn together to solve a “plague” that is threatening the town they love.  Can they trust in each other and God to lead them to the answer?

SECOND OPINION blew me away!  Its fast pace, non-stop action, compelling characters and touches of romance, mystery, and drama with a gentle spiritual edge made it a book to remember.  The husband/wife writing team of Hannah Alexander has penned a brilliant start to a series that will draw many fans!  I eagerly look forward to book two, which hopefully will not be too long a wait!

 

Reviewed by Tracy Farnsworth

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