Here comes Mercy - Luke, Cindy

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Résumé :

Vibrant, smart, and beautiful, Joelzi Smith carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her job in the ER is exciting and challenging, but her personal life is a disappointment. The sturdy walls she erected to protect her heart are crumbling and her past is pressing in. God feels distant and unreachable since the events of seven years ago. She has watched her best friend Grace overcome devastating loss to find a life that seems magical compared to hers. Joelzi longs for her own family. She wouldn't mind if it included Dr. Carver Ellis--the brilliant, soft-spoken ER physician that she works with. She knows Carver has a real relationship with God. And she is positive he would never consider her for a relationship if he knew her past. Her past will stay her little secret.

Carver Ellis is a consummate planner. He has detailed his life to ensure success as a Christian and an ER physician. Conflict or questionable ethics of any kind are avoided at all costs. He has completed his Emergency residency and is ready to check off the next item on his list: find a wife. She needs to be God loving, attractive, accepting of his special needs brother, Georgie, and she cannot be a coworker-a failed relationship with a coworker could be messy if things didn't work out.

Joelzi befriends a young girl seeing a chance to compensate for her past. But when she tells Carver her plans, he systematically critiques Joelzi's attempts, unaware of Joelzi's past. Joelzi must decide between a plan from the heart or a plan from the head. Iron sharpens iron and sparks fly as Joelzi and Carver struggle to help their young friend. Will Joelzi finally step free of her past? Will Carver learn to loosen his grip on the details of his life and let God order his steps? Can they work together to make a difference in a young girl's life and in the process find the freedom in Christ they were longing for all along? This book is best read as the sequel to Saved by Grace.