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The Rescue

by Nicholas Sparks

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Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
iPublish.com
Pages
339
ISBN
9780446960915
Taylor McAden is a man who will run into raging fires and face down deadly accidents without hesitation. As a volunteer fireman, he feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. Yet, there is one leap of faith he cannot bring himself to make: falling in love. He has a history of seeking out women in crisis, only to leave them as soon as the relationship moves toward genuine intimacy, a pattern born from a past he keeps locked away.

This changes when a record-breaking storm hits his small North Carolina town. Denise Holton, a single mother, crashes her car, and when Taylor finds her, she is alone and unconscious. Her four-year-old son, Kyle, for whom she has sacrificed everything, is gone. The desperate search for the missing boy forges an undeniable connection between Taylor and Denise. This rescue, however, will be unlike any other, demanding more than just physical courage. It will force Taylor to confront the painful doors of his past and challenge him to accept the one thing he has always feared he could never deserve: a love that lasts.
Where and when
North Carolina

Original edition

Originally published in 2000 German Heyne Verlag

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