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Book Review: "Disaster Status" by Candace Calvert

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Summary from BN.com: ER charge nurse Erin Quinn escaped personal turmoil to work on the peaceful California coast. But when a hazardous material spill places Pacific Mercy Hospital on disaster status and stresses staff, she’s put to the test. And thrown into conflict with the fire department’s handsome incident commander, who thinks her strategy is out of line. Fire captain Scott McKenna has felt the toxic effects of tragedy; he’s learned to go strictly by the book to advance his career, heal his family, and protect his wounded heart. When he’s forced to team with the passionately determined ER nurse, sparks fly. As they work to save lives, can they handle the attraction kindled between them . . . without getting burned? It's always aggravating when you are prepared to take a day off and then you get called into work. Most of the time you think that they don't really need you but if you work in the medical field you know you HAVE to go or lives will be lost. I was a bit frus...

Book Review: "Critical Care" by Candace Calvert

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Summary from BN.com: After her brother dies in a trauma room, nurse Claire Avery can no longer face the ER. She's determined to make a fresh start—new hospital, new career in nursing education—move forward, no turning back. But her plans fall apart when she's called to offer stress counseling for medical staff after a heartbreaking day care center explosion. Worse, she's forced back to the ER, where she clashes with Logan Caldwell, a doctor who believes touchy-feely counseling is a waste of time. He demands his staff be as tough as he is. Yet he finds himself drawn to this nurse educator . . . who just might teach him the true meaning of healing. Medical fiction is something that you don't normally see too much of in Christian fiction. Every now and then there will be books that feature doctors/nurses/paramedics/midwives but most of the story tends to focus on the romantic relationships between these people. Even though this book does have romance in it, the majority...